Sentence examples for was improperly used from inspiring English sources

In addition, the report said fire safety equipment was improperly used, contributing to injuries.

Mr. Kidd contends that the law was improperly used to detain him as a suspect in a terrorism case.

That maneuver was improperly used to claim loans taken for business purposes as being used for employee benefits, the lawsuit contends.

They question whether the officers improperly chased Sterling, whether the police cruiser was improperly used as a barricade and whether Trainer may have improperly fired at a moving vehicle or improperly fired from within a cruiser.

In 2000, Senator John Cornyn, who was then the Texas attorney general, called for new sentencing hearings for six men given the death penalty — including Mr. Buck — because race was improperly used as a factor in their sentencing.

About $109,000 of that money was improperly used, prosecutors said, to pay members of the nonprofit group, known as Libre, to do work that advanced Mr. Monserrate's unsuccessful 2006 State Senate campaign.

Mr. Karpal said the government was improperly using the Sedition Act "as a political weapon against its political opponents".

Meanwhile, he said, the agency was paying 10 employees less than the minimum wage and was improperly using county money to supplement their salaries.

Verizon Wireless counteraccused that the union was improperly using a brand name into which the company had invested millions of dollars.

Industry executives and lawyers denied that the insurers had engaged in fraud and some questioned whether Mr. Lott was improperly using his position in Congress.

Federal authorities are also investigating whether MF Global was improperly using customer money as early as August, one of the people involved in the case said.