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abuse

[uh-byooz, uh-byoos] / əˈbjuz, əˈbjus /










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Instagram’s terms of service prohibit intellectual property violations, spam, illegal content, hate speech, bullying and abuse, self-injury, graphic violence and inappropriate imagery that may include nudity or sexual content.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 22, 2026

Several categories of residents will be prioritised for aid, including those with dependent children, those with disabilities, pensioners, carers, those at risk of homelessness and victims of domestic abuse.

From BBC Sep. 22, 2026

Ms. Eralp, the daughter of Turkish immigrants, has tried to resist this trend within her party, and members of Die Linke sometimes are themselves targets of antisemitic abuse.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 21, 2026

The leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics has promised to further efforts to reform the Church in the wake of the global sexual abuse scandal.

From Barron's

In 2000, Congress passed the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act, which was meant to address many of the egregious examples of abuse of civil forfeiture.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

Solicitor Gen. D. John Sauer described the new rules as “modest measures that will help prevent and restrain potential gross abuses of the mails to perpetrate a fraud on the Nation.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2026

Do I think Flock needs to do more to ensure information security, and limit abuses?

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

The Duke of Sussex has stepped down from the board of an African wildlife charity whose rangers had been found to have committed human rights abuses against indigenous people.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

Both sides have regularly accused the other of alleged abuses and ceasefire violations, often unverifiable by independent parties.

From Barron's Aug. 24, 2026

By the middle of the twentieth century, abuses within mental institutions generated a lot of attention, and involuntary confinement of people became a significant problem.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

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

Black, who was one of Epstein’s biggest financial clients, has said he didn’t know about Epstein’s crimes, never abused a woman and wasn’t blackmailed by Epstein.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

Paul Pemberton has been a Wrexham councillor for more than 20 years and said the site had been "abused for many many years".

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

Blair, whose IMDb site lists dozens of movies and television shows dating back to 1968, founded the Linda Blair WorldHeart Foundation in 2003 to rehabilitate and rescue abandoned and abused animals.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

“But every strength can become a weakness. Your mother foolishly abused her magic.”

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

While more than 90% of over 2,000 respondents supported the ban, there were some concerns over the police and other authorised officers abusing the powers.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

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

From MarketWatch Sep. 9, 2026

That hasn’t kept him from abusing other trade powers delegated by Congress.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 30, 2026

“Who wants to be accused of abusing children?” said Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond School of Law.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 2026

There were no words from them about how they were going to take any responsibility for keeping students from abusing us.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals




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