The phrase "abuse the weakness" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where someone takes advantage of another's vulnerability or flaw, often in a negative or unethical manner.
Example: "In the competitive world of business, some individuals may choose to abuse the weakness of their rivals to gain an unfair advantage."
Alternatives: "exploit the vulnerability" or "take advantage of the flaw."
Four people have since been placed under formal investigation by a French magistrate for allegedly abusing the mental weakness of the L'Oréal heiress.
Films in competition include Catherine Breillat's Abuse of Weakness, Ritesh Batra's The Lunchbox and Jonathan Glazer's Under the Skin.
However, the charges -- termed an abuse of weakness --were maintainEric WoerthEric Woerth, a former government minister who was Sarkozy's treasurer in the 2007 campaign; Bettencourt's former companion, the society photographer François-Marie Banier; her lawyer, Pascal Wilhelm; her financial advisor, Patrice de Maistre and six others.
On August 11 , 2002 severe nausea, vomiting, headache, and diarrhea in the absence of fever developed in a 50-year-old male Mississippi resident with a history of alcohol abuse; the next day, progressive right arm weakness developed.
As governments become better at imbedding reporters, at controlling the internet, and banning foreign reporting, we need to become more outspoken about the weaknesses, abuse, and misapplication of health data.
The investigations are almost solely focused on people within the Communist Party, and the weakness of the country's legal institutions increases the potential for abuse.
These men felt stung by misandry they talked reasonably about the weakness of men's support networks and the lack of sympathy that they experienced following abuse.
These men feel stung by misandry – they talked reasonably about the weakness of men's support networks and the lack of sympathy that they experienced following abuse.
In return, her daughter, Françoise Bettencourt-Meyers, 57, has agreed to drop a legal case against Mr Banier for "abuse of weakness" and to abandon her efforts to make her mother a ward of court.
After evincing the struggles of a film director who, having suffered a stroke, allows a con man into her life in Abus de faiblesse (2013; Abuse of Weakness), Huppert played a farmer's wife who has a flirtation with a younger man in La ritournelle (2014; Paris Follies).
