The phrase "abuses of privilege" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe situations where someone misuses their power or advantages inappropriately.
Example: "The investigation revealed several abuses of privilege among the senior management team."
Alternatives: "misuse of power" or "exploitation of authority".
They too see abuses of privilege behind many price movements.
There are easy parallels to be drawn with venal aspects of our own society: abuses of privilege, fiddling of expenses, blind eyes turned.
The campaign has ignited significant interest because many Chinese complain about regular abuses of privilege by people driving cars with military plates — speeding through traffic, taking the emergency lane and running red lights, for instance.
Abuse of privilege was the consensus.
A year and a half after the Salt Lake City scandal, despite professed openness and reform, the I.O.C. still reeks of abuse of privilege, arrogance and brazen entitlement.
The couple denied abuse of privilege and said they wanted more offspring for traditional reasons, and because the births brought happiness to themselves and their parents.
Unfortunately, be it MPs' expenses, abuse of privilege by the Lords or tax avoidance by the rich, we are all too adept at using the mismatch between law and morality to justify our own self-serving actions.
But a similar scandal is keeping the press busy in New Zealand, Britain's former colony, where investigations inspired by the British affair have led to a stream of stories about abuse of privilege.
At the time I had not thought of myself as a slave, but I had been a weapon of conquest …" Leckie uses the idea of the empire's utilisation of conquered citizens as ancillary bodies to explore concepts of slavery, empire, and post-colonialism, while covering issues as diverse as individual identity, gender roles, wealth and the abuse of privilege.
His constituents stood by Mr. Durenberger when his marital and family problems were front-page news five years ago, but now politicians of both parties say state voters are more troubled by allegations that paint him as part of a pattern of abuse of privilege and power in Washington.
