Sentence examples for were abuse 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.
In recent weeks, hundreds of people who say they were abuse victims have come forward.
Lawyers said the number of people making compensation claims after alleging they were abuse victims had risen above 200.
Exclusion criteria were abuse of alcohol or drugs, inability to speak and understand Danish, regular intake of analgesics, NP and TTH frequency ≥1 day per month.
It is alleged that the postings were made maliciously and that "the reviews published were abuse or invective in the form of criticism".
The OICS quoted a 2008 study revealing 90percentt of Bandyup's women were abuse victims, with 44percentt harmed as kids.
Among the problems cited by the Department of Justice were abuse of juveniles by state employees, and failure to hold juvenile and adult offenders separately from each other.
Other children were abused.
Others were abused in their homes.
There were abuses on both sides.
Many were abused as children.
