Sentence examples for abuse meaning from inspiring English sources

Harris was jailed for five years and nine months for the sex abuse, meaning that he is due to serve just under three years for the crimes, which spanned between 1968 and 1986.

And what happens if a player does not want to shake your hand?" Campese told Talksport: "One of the biggest problems in rugby is trying to get referees and if they're going to cop abuse – meaning there will be no referees – then we haven't got a game.

Third, the perpetrator had to have been proclaimed guilty of the abuse, meaning that a judge found the sexual abuse proven.

The suits claim to have evidence of customer review abuse – meaning the defendants created fake reviews for their products which then influenced customer buying decisions.

One criterion for admission to the addiction ward is a severe substance abuse, meaning that the alcohol or drug addiction is the main reason for the president's health problems.

My brother and I used to receive completely differing racial abuse, meaning we couldn't even find comfort in similar hatred.

The medical examiner's office said he had suffered from child abuse syndrome, meaning that he had other injuries in various stages of healing.

That term comes from the DLA Piper Report, and it's also comes from the Defence Abuse Taskforce – meaning that it is not necessarily of evidentiary standard.

People with antisocial personality disorder also tend to have drug and alcohol abuse problems, meaning that they may be arrested for possession or use of drugs or have a DUI.

Remember, sex is a symbol of love; don't abuse the meaning and always wear protection.

When the 83-year-old Tory politician Lord Tebbit appeared on Andrew Marr a few weeks ago, he was asked by his host how likely he thought it was there'd been a political cover-up of child abuse "in those days"—meaning the 1980s.