The correct form would be "to refuse".
It is a verb meaning to deny or reject a request. For example, "She refused to answer any questions".
"I once saw her taking a picture inside a refuse can," he said.
The girl's remains were discovered last summer in a refuse dump containing horse and dog bones.
On two occasions the noise of a refuse collection lorry could be heard nearby.
Comparing a refuse truck outside our house with my toy refuse truck, aged three or four.
But why should a refuse collector, say, be paid more than a care worker?
The general effect was of a blustery day during a refuse collection strike.
I think Mateen says it best -- we've got a refuse-to-lose attitude".
A refuse-derived fuel system separates combustible wastes from noncombustibles such as glass and metal before burning.
"Vargas has such a rage inside him, a refuse-to-lose mentality," said Emanuel Steward, trainer for the heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis.
But he clearly enjoyed upstaging Bryant, sealing the win with two tough fourth-quarter jump shots that showed a refuse-to-lose mentality that only the great ones can act upon.
This came in particularly handy while trying to find the kitsch-chic Honkytonks bar: 'proceed down a refuse-strewn, graffitied alley until you come to a white picket fence'.
