The phrase "an abusive use" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a misuse of something that is harmful or detrimental, often in a context related to behavior or actions.
Example: "The report highlighted an abusive use of power by the officials, leading to widespread corruption."
Alternatives: "misuse" or "abusive application".
"It's an abusive use of children," said Ibrahima Thioub, a specialist in Senegalese history at the Université Cheikh Anta Diop here.
The chancellor said: "Hundreds of millions of pounds of tax loopholes are being closed with immediate effect, and we are investigating an abusive use of partnerships".
To reserve the proof for use in attempting to support a later petition, if the first failed, was to make an abusive use of the writ of habeas corpus.
In Washington, the State Department repeated a White House comment from this week, condemning what it referred to as "an abusive use of the legal system for improper ends".
It highlighted what Mr. Maliki's critics have denounced as an abusive use of the law and the security forces to settle political disputes and jockey for advantage in the parliamentary elections, scheduled for March 7.
A week before that, Robert Gibbs, the White House press secretary, criticized the conviction of the former oil tycoon Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky as "an abusive use of the legal system for improper ends".
They have no bearing upon the merits or any question of procedure or costs, are not directed against any abusive use of judicial process, and are plainly onerous.
For McCourt to sell the media rights along with the team, Fox argued, would represent an "improper and abusive use of the Bankruptcy Court" to "further McCourt's obvious personal priorities" without benefit to creditors.
That would make the threat of a fine for abusive use of the Web more believable for the user.
Bullying, however, is characterized by the abusive use of power of an individual or group that intentionally and repeatedly attacks, excludes or humiliates others (Gini et al. 2011; Salmivalli, 2010).
It's a topic that isn't confined to the United States; there has been a movement across Europe to crack down on abusive use of the whip.
