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abuse

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abuse

IPA(Pronunciation)

/əˈbjuːs/

Noun

countable uncountable obsolete archaic

Japanese Meaning

不適正な扱い・使用 / 誤用・悪用 / 制度や風習の不正または腐敗した運用 / 虐待

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The company's abuse of confidential data led to public outrage.

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その会社の機密データの乱用は世間の怒りを招いた。

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Sense（1）

Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom.

Dickens was careful to castigate abuses which were being reformed.

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Sense（2）

Misuse; improper use; perversion.

Liberty may be endangered by the abuses of liberty, as well as by the abuses of power.

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Sense（3）

(obsolete) A delusion; an imposture; misrepresentation; deception.

Or is it some abuse, and no such thing?

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Sense（4）

Coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; language that unjustly or angrily vilifies.

The two parties, after exchanging a good deal of abuse, came to blows.

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Sense（5）

(now rare) Catachresis.

Sense（6）

Physical maltreatment; injury; cruel treatment.

Sense（7）

Violation; defilement; rape; forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another, often on a repeated basis.

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