abuse

Experts working for the UN Human Rights Council wrote in April that Mohammed had been receiving death threats and online abuse for years, which were "believed to come from extremist religious militia".

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

This is not to say that fraternities are all bastions of abuse and vice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Ironically, Musk actually missed one of the biggest areas of waste, fraud and abuse in the entire system.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

“This represents an important victory for the principle that women who speak out about sexual abuse should not be silenced by NDAs that contravene California law,” Barnett attorney Rosengart said in the notice.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

My imagination boggled at the punishment I would deserve if in fact I did abuse a book of Mrs. Flowers’.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou

Most types of legal claim are thus blocked by this immunity, including cases about serious human rights abuses and data breaches, and there are no exemptions for unjustifiable conduct.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

But critics say these programs generally focus on environmental crimes and overlook labor abuses on ships.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

"This is no time to return anyone forcibly to a country plagued by egregious human rights violations and abuses," UN rights chief Volker Turk last week.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

Yes, there have been abuses around the country, just as there have been in any government or private workplace where confidential information might be misused.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

The contractor system was abolished in 1884, due in part to these perennial abuses but also because of the opposition of unions.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

"Right through the ages... those who're righteous, they've always been attacked, abused, accused, killed, imprisoned -- and this is the way it is," he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

"No company in the US has abused this system more than Microsoft," Vance said.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed legislation that seeks to remove abused and neglected animals from crowded municipal shelters during their owners’ criminal cases, according to the bill’s backers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

Saylor made clear that he knew the game perfectly well as he asked these people, whose trust had been routinely abused, to trust him with their money.

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026

These were grave assertions, reflecting upon the integrity of two respected lawyers and a distinguished district judge, but if even partially true, then the constitutional rights of the defendants had been abused.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

Cristian Mungiu’s ‘Fjord’ follows a Romanian-Norwegian couple accused of abusing their children, placing clashing cultural values at the center of a courtroom drama.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

In 2016, Gutiérrez became Spotify’s top lawyer and was an architect and public face of its fight against Apple, which Spotify complained was abusing its control over the App Store.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

I have read and replied to many cautionary tales about people abusing their responsibilities.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

In 1890, the North River Sugar Refining Corporation was dissolved by New York’s highest court on the grounds that it was abusing its power as a corporation.

From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026

"Stop abusing the dead for your own selfish ends," I said.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison