The phrase "a position to abuse" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where someone has the power or authority to exploit or mistreat others.
Example: "When given unchecked power, a leader can find themselves in a position to abuse their authority."
Alternatives: "an opportunity to exploit" or "a chance to misuse".
The cardinal made no mention of concern that Father Shanley might be in a position to abuse other children or young people, only that Father Shanley's past might bring negative attention to the church.
A remarkable number of Trump's business partners met one or more of the warning signs of troubling business practices: they had been investigated or convicted of fraud or other economic crimes; they were government officials in a position to abuse their power for financial gain; or they were secretive entities, hidden behind shell companies.
The second-best system typically takes the form of a polity (in which citizens possess an inferior, more common grade of virtue) or mixed constitution (combining features of democracy, oligarchy, and, where possible, aristocracy, so that no group of citizens is in a position to abuse its rights).
A British Airways pilot, who killed himself by jumping in front of a train, used his position to abuse hundreds of young girls in African schools and orphanages, it has been reported.
Prosecutors said Harris used his "status and position" to abuse his victims, and he had a dark side to his personality.
"There was a darker side to Rolf Harris," says Peter Watt from the NSPCC, "And he abused that position to abuse those that were vulnerable".
And because the laborers employed by such exploitative employers have no protections, and are under immense pressure from the enforcement efforts underway, they are not in a position to report these abuses.
In a report last week to the Security Council, Mr. Annan said the United Nations mission in Sierra Leone, through its human rights section, was in a position to provide evidence of abuses to the prosecutor.
By examining the serious abuses that took place in Britain's name after a war supposedly to bring basic human rights to the Iraqis, the Chilcot inquiry will be in a position to help ensure such abuses do not happen again.
Realization of the fact that many more people are in a position to identify signs of elder abuse than formal health and social service providers has led to the development of "community gatekeeper" programs to teach people who come into regular contact with vulnerable older adults to identify signs of elder abuse and to report it.
Only Labour is in a position to protect individual rights against abuses by the state.
