(criminology) An individual guilty of child abuse, someone who has abused a minor.

plural of child abuser

Abuse whereby one inflicts harm upon the target or victim through third parties. Abuse by proxy can also be seen as mobbing behavior where others are mobilized against the target.

Alternative spelling of nonabused

(crime) Synonym of sexual abuse.

(idiomatic, historical, law) a wrongful using of an animal or chattel distrained, by the distrainer

(obsolete) Self-deception. / Physical or verbal maltreatment of oneself. / Injury inflicted deliberately upon oneself, especially resulting from a mental disorder.

To harm oneself. / (dated, euphemistic, now frequently ironic or humorous) To masturbate.

(criminology) Physical, sexual or emotional mistreatment of a child that causes long-term or permanent damage.

(mathematics) The use of a mathematical notation in a way that is not formally correct but seems likely to simplify the exposition or suggest the correct intuition.