Sentence examples for this could be misused from inspiring English sources

A policy such as this could be misused to test for less serious medical conditions, or for sex selection in countries where there is little regulation, he says.

The final stage in this flow of discussions was that biosecurity experts at the workshop responded to this portrayal of the "engineering of biology" by expressing their fears that this could be misused by malevolent actors.

This has prompted "serious concerns" from Brian Lightman, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, that this anonymity could be misused by people making malicious claims.

Benedict elaborates that this means the divine name could be misused and that Jesus' inclusion of "hallowed be thy name" is a plea for the sanctification of God's name, to "protect the wonderful mystery of his accessibility to us, and constantly assert his true identity as opposed to our distortion of it".

Already aware of this regulatory vacuum, and of the possibility that their work could be misused, both Dueber and Martin sought outside consultation, Dueber from Kenneth Oye, the director of M.I.T.'s Program on Emerging Technologies, and Martin from the bioethicist Tania Bubela.

She worries that personal data could be misused.

Moreover, help for space programmes could be misused to develop longer-range missiles.

Activists paint a Big Brother scenario where the information collected could be misused.

The group warned that the sweeping new powers could be misused.

(The reason was both bureaucracy and the possibility that graphite could be misused for weapons).

The plaintiffs cited fears that their children's private health data could be misused.