The phrase "abusive techniques" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe methods or practices that are harmful, exploitative, or damaging, often in contexts related to behavior, treatment, or practices in various fields.
Example: "The investigation revealed that the organization employed abusive techniques to manipulate its clients into compliance."
Alternatives: "exploitative methods" or "harmful practices".
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.
One version of this is: any Australian who achieves success will be brought down to size through a variety of abusive techniques.
Elisa Massimino, the Washington director of Human Rights First, said given the administration's refusal to clearly ban abusive techniques, it made sense for Congress to be more explicit about what should and should not be allowed.
"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.
CIA director George Tenet approved abusive interrogation techniques, including waterboarding, designed by CIA contractor psychologists.
Later that summer, however, he learned that the C.I.A. had serious concerns about the abusive interrogation techniques that military-intelligence operatives were using on high-value detainees.
