Sentence examples for to abuses from inspiring English sources
verb
To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to misuse; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert; as, to abuse one's authority.
Others worry that broadening the law could lead to abuses.
But because the notion of the collective persists, the system is wide open to abuses.
This is an unacceptable concentration of power that has led to abuses – and will again.
But it's important to be alert to abuses that hide questions.
"Relationships between our presidents have too often been so close they shut their eyes to abuses".
"I'm not speculating that granting these powers can lead to abuses.
Women, men and children are regularly exposed to abuses, and the state provides little security.
-- Details of government efforts and capability to prevent or respond to abuses.
The Obama administration cracked down on dispensaries in California, where chaotic regulation has led to abuses.
They are horribly similar to abuses she discovered in Liverpool and London in the 1860s.
She has ordered several inquiries into alleged police wrongdoing, from corruption to abuses by undercover officers.
