The phrase "abuse responsibilities" is grammatically correct but may not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It can be used in contexts where someone is misusing or neglecting their responsibilities, often in a negative or critical sense.
Example: "The manager's tendency to abuse responsibilities led to a decline in team morale and productivity."
Alternatives: "misuse responsibilities" or "neglect responsibilities".
There is no limit to the damage a powerful ego can cause, from the arrogant conviction that our own opinions are the only right ones and everyone should be made to agree, to wielding and abusing responsibility and authority at the expense of other people's lives and freedoms.
They amount to saying, we want to change the rules of the club as they apply to us and we want to be able to limit human rights in respect of some people who abuse their responsibilities.
In particular, there is greater awareness of the issue of child abuse and responsibilities to respond and protect children.
The really disturbing thing about cases such as Martin's and Lawrence's is that they reveal how cavalierly states abuse this responsibility.
On Capitol Hill, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a New York Democrat, put forward a draft bill that would break the usual chain of command inside the military for cases of sexual abuse, taking responsibility for the decision on the way they are handled away from commanders and giving them instead to lower-rank officers with special training on the prosecution of criminal offences.
Even though business leaders are exposed to every management theory and best practice, switching to a people-centered approach (which is the opposite of command- and-control leadership) would however means relinquishing control to others and trusting that employees will not abuse that responsibility.
Stevens says that "I hate this issue," since, presumably, it's an abuse of responsibility and precedent, but adds that "it's unlikely to have much of an impact on races in 2016 because it's such a tumultuous year".
In the rare event than an admin might be found to be abusing such responsibilities, he or she may be subject to a loss of admin privileges.
