The phrase "abusive technique" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a method or approach that is harmful, cruel, or excessively harsh, often in contexts related to behavior, treatment, or practices.
Example: "The coach's abusive technique led to a toxic environment for the players, causing many to leave the team."
Alternatives: "harmful method" or "cruel approach".
"Your unwillingness to state that waterboarding is illegal may place Americans at risk of being subject to this abusive technique," they wrote.
Senator Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, the Senate's No. 2 Democratic leader, accused Mr. Mukasey of a "legal dodge" in refusing to repudiate "a cruel, abusive technique that has been regarded as torture in the civilized world for over 500 years".
The five big banks that agreed in a $25 billion mortgage settlement to reform foreclosure practices have continued to "dual-track" homeowners, an abusive technique that pushes families out of homes they thought their bank was trying to help them save, according to a new report by a monitor overseeing the settlement in California.
As General David H. Petraeus recently remarked (specifically referring to Abu Ghraib and to Guantánamo), such abusive techniques are "nonbiodegradable...
As General David H. Petraeus recently remarked (specifically referring to Abu Ghraib and to Guantánamo), such abusive techniques are "nonbiodegradable..
Military officials said experience had shown that abusive techniques do not work in yielding reliable intelligence from prisoners.
After 9/11, the Bush Administration authorized the C.I.A. to use an array of abusive techniques, referred to as "enhanced interrogation," on suspected Al Qaeda militants.
On Dec. 2, 2002, Mr. Rumsfeld authorized the interrogators at Guantánamo to use a range of abusive techniques that were already widespread in Afghanistan, enshrining them as official policy.
One version of this is: any Australian who achieves success will be brought down to size through a variety of abusive techniques.
Labeled Appendix M, and propounding an additional, special "technique" called "Separation", human rights and legal group have recognized that Appendix M includes numerous abusive techniques, including use of solitary confinement, sleep deprivation and sensory deprivation.
However, the report did not address the possibility that some mistreatment was systematic, with those responsible acting under orders and in accordance with a prewar training regime that called for repeated use of abusive techniques.
