misuse
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He sued the show's producers Freemantle for misuse of his private information and breaching data protection laws.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
The suspiciously large breakfast bill recently led Seaside Police to crack an alleged embezzlement scandal involving the misuse of nearly $300,000 in public money, according to Police Chief Nick Borges.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
The most common ground for impeachment throughout Anglo-American history has been corruption, the misuse of the status and powers of office for private gain, either for oneself or for one’s family, friends, or political allies.
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2026
In fact, providers may face tort liability if negligent design causes harm through foreseeable misuse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
She teased him about his misuse of commas—and fixed them for him.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
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Under current law, queries are reported annually to Congress so misuses of the program are identified.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
Yet one doesn’t need an AI bot to explain why Grammarly’s stunt has to rank among the sleaziest misuses of AI technology yet to appear.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026
Safeguards will be in place to ensure victims of sexual crime are not identified and anyone who misuses the footage could face contempt of court proceedings.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2025
Recently, she’s chronicled on X the expulsion of New York Republican George Santos, who was booted from the House following a searing ethics report detailing misuses of campaign funds.
From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2024
Only some unhappy bard, who dubs us women 'The angels of life,' and misuses us vilely through a dozen cantos of halting verse.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 by Various
That advanced AI will be misused by bad actors is a given.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
The judgment also found that Facebook committed to notifying users when an app misused their data and deliberately didn’t.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
A reporter on the Times, John Clare, discovered that another charity for which Archer worked alleged he had misused expenses with claims for meals at posh London restaurants.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Their objections centered on privacy and civil liberties, as well as fears the technology could be misused, the analysis found.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Yet they were also aware that secrecy could be misused.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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The US does not want anyone having a headstart or misusing its innovations.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
In 2021, the Environmental Protection Agency found that GEO Group had violated federal law by misusing HDQ Neutral.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
The arrests are the biggest enforcement of the law against misusing the currency.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
A Lufkin officer was indicted Aug. 24 on 100 counts of misusing official information, which Abbott cited as a concerning development during a Friday radio interview.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
My mother said we were misusing the word; you could not call a Kleenex kira-kira.
From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata
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