Sentence examples for misused against from inspiring English sources

Amnesty also claimed they had been misused against children and the elderly.

Opposition lawmaker Nurul Izzah Anwar said in a statement that the new laws could be misused against political opponents.

If it appears that American-made weapons are being misused against domestic political opponents, deliveries can and should be held up and training programs suspended.

Partly in response to these revelations, additional laws were established in the 1970s to ensure that our intelligence capabilities could not be misused against our citizens.

"On the left of politics, there are deeply held concerns that, in our country's past, investigatory powers have been misused against trades unionists and ordinary people who are campaigning for justice.

Some Democrats grumbled privately today that the penalties in the bills that did pass today were too severe or that the legislation could be misused against legitimate political groups.

However, it is also an unfortunate truth that because they are incredibly easy to obtain, orders of protection are misused, often against men.

Compelling portraits of women during the Algerian war are misused when hung against a printed mural of unrelated mugshots.

They have also repeatedly expressed concern that blood test results might be misused to discriminate against homosexuals and others in employment, insurance and housing.

Not only has American military aid been wasted, misused, and turned against us; it may well have undermined the Pakistani military, which has feasted on huge donations but is far weaker than its nemesis, the Indian military.

This may reflect a stronger sense in liberal Christians that evolution can be misused to rationalize prejudice against disenfranchised groups (see Cartmill 1998).