The phrase "abuse the terms" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the improper or excessive use of specific terminology or conditions, often in a legal or contractual context.
Example: "Some companies tend to abuse the terms of their agreements to gain an unfair advantage over their competitors."
Alternatives: "misuse the terms" or "exploit the terms".
As a term of abuse, the term "neo-liberalism" as it is bandied around in the world of utopian left wing critique, is basically a straight synonym for "capitalism"—an untenable position for liberalism which is and always has been a philosophy about the appropriate relation of state-given rights and market freedoms, not one in which markets are the root of all evil.
People abuse the term "redneck" to the point where I don't like it.
Strikingly, he doesn't suggest that we should be concerned about increased anti-Muslim sentiment in the U.S., and seems to indicate that because some people may abuse the term "Islamophobia," we should simply dismiss it altogether.
(If anyone abuses the terms, we hope they get caught: Free Our Data does not condone copyright theft).
His belief that the West abused the terms of Resolution 1973 to justify striking Libya has reinforced his hostility to Western intervention elsewhere.
The Maya and the Inca had thought that, without abusing the terms, may be considered of philosophical character…." (1978, p. 75, my translation).
The bishop was among the first to punish priests who had been accused of abuse under the terms of the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People, placing one priest on immediate leave and sanctioning another who later asked for voluntary removal from the church.
He said if the home is included in a UK-wide investigation into abuse, then the terms of any inquiry into what happened must be widened.
"What's happening with the new generation of gaming consoles is that they are increasingly incorporating social network-like features - there's a lot more sharing and communication between players, which means more potential for abuse of the terms of service.
Those seniors who go through the process are vulnerable to abuse when the terms of their loan are finally locked.
