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Discover LudwigThe phrase "admitted abuses" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when acknowledging or confessing to wrongdoings or misconduct, often in a formal or legal context.
Example: "The organization finally admitted abuses that had been occurring for years, leading to widespread outrage."
Alternatives: "acknowledged wrongdoings" or "confessed to misconduct".
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All the priests had admitted abuses, and thus would be permanently kept out of the ministry, she said.
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He admitted abusing Eefje.
Doc was contrite when confronted, admitted abusing alcohol.
Some soldiers admitted abusing their prisoners, some changed their evidence.
In his statement he admitted abusing a boy in the period between becoming a priest and a bishop.
In Belgium a former bishop, Roger Vangheluwe, who has already admitted abusing two of his nephews, was this month put under investigation on suspicion of abusing two altar boys.
The latest grotesquerie, amid a cascade of victims coming forward in Belgium, was a TV interview with the former bishop of Bruges, who serenely admitted abusing two nephews.
The suit also seeks to force the Vatican to release files with the names of priests who have admitted abusing children.
The company later agreed to pay the fine and admitted abusing its dominante position in the market for NHS heartburn medicines.
Liverpool crown court heard evidence yesterday from a victim who Bennell had admitted abusing in 1998, when he was jailed for nine years.
Hadley Freeman writes powerfully about Roman Polanski and the fluctuating attitudes to his admitted abuse of an underage girl 40 years ago (G2, 30 January).
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