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The crime of human trafficking, as defined by the United Nations, involves the illegal recruitment, transportation or harbouring of people through fraud, deception or abuse of power.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

According to Short, Byfield, the chapel's minister, and another man responded with 'torrents of abuse'.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026

Grange said it could pave the way for a "long outstanding settlement for the hundreds of years of the most horrific abuse that our African ancestors endured".

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

The slavocrats’ abuse of the Postal Service ended only with the Civil War.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026

That’s $10,000 going into her pocket that does not go into yours, a nifty profit produced by the abuse of information and a keen understanding of incentives.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

But he said Essayli and Dhillon will need to prosecute individual deputies if they find evidence of individual abuses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Flock announced new safeguards earlier this month to prevent misuse and cut how long data is retained, and Langley apologized for abuses by law enforcement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Here's what you need to know about the clothing giant, which has faced allegations of labour and environmental abuses as well as regulatory scrutiny abroad.

From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026

There are still transparency laws that apply to Flock databases, which is how 404 Media and other media outlets have discovered abuses of the technology.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

To the nation’s horror, the evidence of outrageous abuses kept mounting.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

Unsurprisingly, they’ve been abused, and green groups in particular have turned them into a profit model.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

“Words cannot begin to express the profound sorrow I feel that a service we designed to bring people happiness and joy has been abused to cause harm.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

But, during his sentencing remarks, His Honour Judge Paul Farrer KC, said he did not accept Allen's judgement was impaired at the time and said he had abused a position of trust.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

She digs into why it’s so appealing—and why it’s also become the most abused trope on BookTok.

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026

Let’s take a closer look at some of the more commonly abused words and phrases.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

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

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 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

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

Flock cameras help police solve crimes, but cases of officers abusing their access to the technology for stalking raise concerns about privacy violations.

From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2026

The Germans are upset at stories that Czechs and Poles are abusing ethnic Germans living in Czechoslovakia and Poland.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti