The phrase "abused the rules" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where someone has taken advantage of or violated established rules or guidelines.
Example: "The player was penalized for having abused the rules during the game, leading to a suspension."
Alternatives: "violated the rules" or "misused the rules."
Clearly somebody has abused the rules".
BlackBerry's financial strategy was not particularly unusual, although it does stand out in the way it abused the rules on executive stock options.
Despite this display of "fraud," the evidence seems to tilt strongly in the opposite direction -- that it was the governing party that most heavily abused the rules.
The effort to rein in filibusters has attracted considerable support from Democratic activists who believe that Republicans have abused the rules to thwart the agenda of Mr. Obama and Congressional Democrats.
"He hasn't reached the stage of Newt Gingrich, but he has reached the center of gravity, where people do see him as representing the Republican Party in the House of Representatives, and as somebody who abused the rules of the House," said the committee's chairman, Representative Robert T. Matsui of California, in an interview on Friday.
Never mind that it was he who had abused the rules of the Senate to hold up the payments in the first place, or that the United States was on the verge of being deeply embarrassed by losing its right to vote in the General Assembly.
But even if adherents of the Tax People abuse the rules, they might get away with it, tax experts say.
Certainly, Mr Romney is fond of calling the Chinese "cheaters" who abuse the rules of free trade, notably when addressing blue-collar voters.
"The income rules are a very simplistic way to solve what is quite a small problem of people abusing the rules," she said.
The competition commissioner, Margrethe Vestager, must decide soon whether to proceed with a prosecution of Gazprom, the Russian gas giant, for abusing the rules of the single market through its country-by-country pricing and other practices.
Schools like the University of Miami, the University of North Carolina and the University of Southern California, to name just a few, have been in the news more for abusing the rules than for teaching their students.
