Sentence examples for misuse authority from inspiring English sources

Lawyers close to the territorial government in Santa Fe, and closely aligned with the Republican Party that dominated Washington, D.C., and controlled the territorial patronage system, would routinely misuse authority over the law to defraud residents of land and enrich themselves from sales to ranchers and settlers from the east.

The president's attempt to dismiss the head of Pakistan's judiciary, Iftikhar Chaudhry, on charges of misconduct and misuse of authority has prompted the most damaging challenge to his authority since he seized power in 1999.

This belief stems from Europe's lingering fear, bred during the second world war, that dictatorial governments may re-emerge and misuse their authority to monitor citizens.However, the directive requires that member nations establish government-operated information authorities to oversee the personal data of all citizens.

He was haunted by the thought that men with dirty minds would misuse his authority".

"It is a violent crime, about power and misuse of authority," she said.

These days, every allegation of misuse of authority and privilege is closely scrutinized by a public hungry for accountability.

If the effort succeeds, it will send a powerful message to others who would misuse state authority to subvert democracy.

They were against hypocrisy, intolerance and the misuse of authority; they were for self-expression and solidarity.

As Mr. Seeborg and Mr. Furman argued, the record of Mr. Ross's misuse of authority is clear.

To me, then, it is simple: scientists misuse their authority if they publicise their preferred policy options.

Eight judges have resigned in protest at General Musharraf's attempt to dismiss Iftikhar Chaudhry, the chief justice, on charges of misconduct and misuse of authority.