abuse

abuse
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noun
1 wrong/bad use of sth
ADJECTIVE
alcohol, drug, solvent, substance (= drugs, etc.)
systematic, widespread
flagrant
VERB + ABUSE
prevent, stop
investigate, report
be open to

The legal system is open to abuse.

PREPOSITION
abuse of

abuse of prisoners

PHRASES
the abuse of power
2 bad, usually violent treatment of sb
ADJECTIVE
emotional, physical, psychological, sex, sexual
child, elder (esp. AmE), prisoner, spousal (esp. AmE)

victims of child abuse

human rights abuses

allegations of human rights abuses

alleged, suspected
… OF ABUSE
case

six cases of suspected child abuse

VERB + ABUSE
commit
subject sb to

She was subjected to regular sexual abuse.

experience, suffer, take

The child had taken a lot of emotional abuse.

allege, suspect sb of
ABUSE + VERB
happen, occur, take place
ABUSE + NOUN
victim
PHRASES
an allegation of abuse

allegations of child abuse

a perpetrator of abuse
a victim of abuse
3 insulting words
ADJECTIVE
verbal
personal, racial (esp. BrE), racist
… OF ABUSE
stream, torrent

He was subjected to a torrent of personal abuse.

VERB + ABUSE
hurl, scream, shout, shower sb with, subject sb to
endure

They had to endure continual racist abuse.

PHRASES
heap abuse on sb/sth

Abuse and scorn were heaped on the proposals.

a target for abuse, a target of abuse

The team who lost became a target of abuse for angry fans.

a term of abuse

Calling someone stupid is definitely a term of abuse.

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verb
ADVERB
emotionally, mentally, physically, sexually, verbally

All the children had been physically and emotionally abused.

badly, severely
Abuse is used with these nouns as the object: ↑alcohol, ↑authority, ↑child, ↑cocaine, ↑hospitality, ↑power, ↑privilege, ↑substance, ↑trust, ↑woman

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