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Discover LudwigThe phrase "abusive measures" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe actions or policies that are harmful, oppressive, or excessively harsh towards individuals or groups.
Example: "The government faced backlash for implementing abusive measures against dissenters, which violated their basic human rights."
Alternatives: "oppressive tactics" or "harsh actions".
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"A sovereign state has the right … to design its macroeconomic policy, including restructuring its sovereign debt, which should not be frustrated or impeded by any abusive measures," it added.
Although police often resorted to abusive measures when they believed an unrepentant suspect was guilty, a voluntary confession viewed as sincere and truthful was still considered a noteworthy mitigating circumstance.
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He confirmed that the commission would push ahead with proposed financial market regulation, including a ban on types of abusive short-selling, measures against credit-default swaps, legislation on bank bonuses and credit rating agencies and plans for taxes on financial activities.
The initiative process has built-in checks and balances that usually stand in the way of silly, crazy, abusive or unconstitutional measures.
Subordinates, in turn, completed surveys that measured abusive supervision.
How employees, by nature or by training, are able to deal with encountering a member of the public that is difficult or abusive is not measured in this study.
And he confirmed that the Commission would push ahead with proposed financial market regulation, including a ban on abusive naked short-selling, measures against credit default swaps, legislation on bank bonuses and credit rating agencies and plans for taxes on financial activities.
However, some participants were in current abusive relationships, requiring additional measures to ensure safety, including secret interview locations and recruitment materials that did not mention IPV.
Democrats Delivered Victory on Detainee Measure Democrats who had voted previously to bar abusive treatment of detainees provided the margin of victory for a measure that would deny prisoners at Guantánamo Bay the right to challenge their detentions in court.
A court hearing this month in Manhattan turned on a subject that has mostly been missing in the legal response to former President George W. Bush's abusive detention policies: some measure of accountability.
Abusive supervision scale was measured using a 15-item scale [ 42].
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