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However, concerns were expressed that a new right to assisted dying could lead to it being misused if the right safeguarding was not put in place and could lead to a loss of funding for end-of-life care.

From BBC

None of this explains where Atlas Biomed’s database of customer DNA has ended up - and the BBC has seen no evidence it is being misused.

From BBC

The few times I’ve tried it I’ve felt somewhere between useless to misused, treading the empty road between households where no one is home and no one talks.

From Salon

Officials say strict laws are necessary and are aimed at deterring people from indulging in unhygienic practices around food, but opposition leaders and legal experts have questioned the efficacy of these laws and allege that they could also be misused to vilify a specific community.

From BBC

Richardson is mounting a political comeback after losing a reelection bid for the House of Representatives when the House Ethics Committee found in 2012 that there was substantial reason to believe she misused government resources by illegally compelling her congressional staff to perform campaign work and obstructing an investigation into the matter.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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