Sentence examples for abusing their authority from inspiring English sources

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

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

In recent months, Mr. Foster had accused other city officials of abusing their authority and battled with the town's police chief.

Speaking to his supporters at Workers' party headquarters in Sao Paulo after being released on Friday, Lula said that investigators were "disrespectful of democracy" and abusing their authority.

Five years after Walker's report, and fourteen more fatal shootings, another task force concluded that the department needed to create an oversight system in which officers would suffer consequences for abusing their authority.

Each officer lost 10 vacation days, Ms. Sachs said, for abusing their authority in issuing a summons for disorderly conduct to Julius Lewis as he tried to cross a busy street with his wife, Yesenia, in February 2009.

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.

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