I have been a waiter for about 10 years, and when I moved back to London two years ago, I realised how insidious the abuse of "discretionary" service charges had become.
The adults' pettiness and selfishness have forced this on her: it is an insidious kind of abuse.
There has been an insidious culture of abuse inside immigration detention for many years.
Insidious ongoing mental abuse perpetrated by an angry ex towards you and in front of your children can be very emotionally disturbing and yet it doesn't have to be.
As executive director of Amnesty International USA, I feel proud of the tens of thousands of prisoners of conscience we've helped free, of the bad laws we've helped change, of the exposure that we've brought to devastating and insidious human rights abuses.
"Knock-Knock" is made up of offensive jokes that are revealed at the end to be a particularly insidious form of child abuse.
Yet, the insidious pattern of police abuse in the US is hard to track because there is no uniform data to mine.
Much crucial work, over many decades, has gone into educating people about the insidious nature of domestic abuse, how it traps victims both psychologically and practically, leaving them fearful, guilt-ridden and overwhelmed by the idea of trying to escape.
Like it or not, Ms. Lawson has become, for some, a symbol of the insidious nature of spousal abuse, an example, in their eyes, of the victim who does not realize she is a victim until outsiders frame her situation that way.
