The phrase "abuse the standard" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where someone is misusing or taking advantage of a standard or norm, often in a negative sense.
Example: "The company was found to abuse the standard safety regulations, putting employees at risk."
Alternatives: "misuse the standard" or "exploit the standard".
"This is obviously a sensitive subject," he added, but as for any concerns for potential abuse, "the standards speak for themselves, particularly as they relate to young people".
Unfortunately, this would create a loophole that could be easily abused, rendering the standard meaningless.
Lawyers for the families say Texas officials overstepped the law in removing the children from their families; some three-quarters of the children were under age 10 and presumably not at "imminent risk" of abuse, which is the standard, according to federal law.
Messham said: "In the home it was the standard abuse which was violent and sexual.
"In the home it was the standard abuse which was violent and sexual.
The Norwegian authorities have made schools responsible for introducing information on drugs and alcohol abuse as part of the standard curriculum in junior high schools [ 19].
Spraffl's solution is have the community moderate postings — if content is flagged 5 times, it's automatically removed — and to operate a 'three strikes and you're out' policy where users are banned indefinitely for abusing the community standards.
"The reason everyone's been watching this so closely is that this is the first time, in a contested case, that a court has said these decisions are subject to judicial review, and the standard is abuse of discretion, not gross malfeasance," he said.
In applying the abuse of discretion standard of review to the boards' actions, the trial court relinquished an improper degree of its own authority to the boards.
Bored with the standard substance-abuse lecture, he began punctuating his talks with personal asides and off-color language.
