Sentence examples for abuse their authority from inspiring English sources

Now, I think their tactics are unfair and they abuse their authority.

Governments and the powers that be will always be tempted to abuse their authority.

But some obviously believe they can abuse their authority without censure.

Staff members had distorted loyalties, the ability to exploit certain offenders, look the other way or abuse their authority.

One example is that, in their desperation against the growing attacks, they burst into houses and abuse their authority under the pretext of looking for arms.

"But that confidence doesn't extend to the way the department handles those officers who are charged with violating the public trust when they use excessive force, abuse their authority, or are discourteous and use offensive language.

He agreed that priests and teachers who touched children sexually were abusing their authority.

Some Dominicans reacted strongly against the occupation forces, which had assumed arbitrary control and frequently abused their authority.

18% of cases and rising have been done by trained cutters who have outright abused their authority on families.

Evidence is mounting fusion centres have been abusing their authority and violating law-abiding citizens' civil rights.

The lawsuit alleges that Port Authority investigators abused their authority by coercing the officers under investigation to turn over their personal cellphones so that they could be searched.