The phrase "abused power" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where someone has misused their authority or control over others.
Example: "The investigation revealed numerous instances of abused power within the organization, leading to a loss of trust among employees."
Alternatives: "misused authority" or "exploited power".
And then expanding on that — how have people used power and abused power?
"Because of 100 people that abused power, the whole country has been asked to pay," she said angrily, drawing on another cigarette, referring to Greece's many financial scandals.
Like a companion piece to Cevin Soling's provocative 2009 documentary, "The War on Kids," this new investigation reveals the heartbreaking consequences of abused power.
Kong Qingdong, a high-profile leftwinger, wrote on his microblog that in light of the judgment he urged the trial of all officials who were corrupt or abused power.
Representative Jerrold Nadler of New York, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, which is investigating whether Mr. Trump obstructed justice or abused power, promptly said he would call Mr. Barr to explain "very concerning discrepancies" in a hearing before his committee.
Re "Appeals Court Voids Order for Breaking Up Microsoft but Finds It Abused Power" (front page, June 29): The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit properly overruled a lower court in the federal government's case against Microsoft, but the appeals court was wrong to say Microsoft abused its monopoly power.
The ridiculous, heavy handed and easily abused powers brought in by the last Labour regime trampled over centuries of British tradition and liberty.
It would have enormous and easily-abused power.
He believed that rural land should be owned by the state and leased to people who would make whatever use of it that would benefit the largest number of people, thus breaking the often-abused power of wealthy landowners in British society.
"When you are sexually harassed or sexually abused, it is not because the perpetrator is horny, but because they are people who will abuse power," he said.
During this period, it appears, based on a notice of charges issued in 2016 and a $1.6 million civil money penalty issued in 2017 both against the bank's former chief executive officer (who also held the titles of president and chairman of the board)—that this individual abused his power and used it to reap excessive compensation from the bank.
