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- noun Plural form of
abuse . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
abuse .
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Examples
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But, I ask, was a government, despotic in its constitution, depriving all its subjects of political power, and extending absolute control over their property and persons -- was such a government, independently of the consideration of its _abuses_, (if indeed we may speak of the abuses of what is in itself an _abuse_,) sinless?
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society
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But, I ask, was a government, despotic in its constitution, depriving all its subjects of political power, and extending absolute control over their property and persons -- was such a government, independently of the consideration of its _abuses_, (if indeed we may speak of the abuses of what is in itself an _abuse_,) sinless?
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4 American Anti-Slavery Society
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He deplored and campaigned against what he called the abuses of executive power on national security and civil liberties policies under George W. Bush and
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He deplored and campaigned against what he called the abuses of executive power on national security and civil liberties policies under former President
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On a visit to Ohio, Obama again criticized the health insurance industry to make his case for a revamp of the system to rein in what he called abuses by insurers, declaring it is time for "health insurance reform, right now!"
Reuters: Top News 2010
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Venezuela holds the Western Hemisphere's largest oil reserves, so high prices "allowed Chávez to talk tough," said Milos Alcalay, former ambassador to the United Nations under Chávez before resigning in 2004 in protest over what he called abuses of democracy.
NYT > Global Home 2009
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Venezuela holds the Western Hemisphere's largest oil reserves, so high prices "allowed Chávez to talk tough," said Milos Alcalay, former ambassador to the United Nations under Chávez before resigning in 2004 in protest over what he called abuses of democracy.
International Herald Tribune - World News, Analysis, and Global Opinions 2009
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Karroubi decried what he described as abuses committed by the force, which fought during Iran's eight-year war against Iraq in the 1980s.
"news" via big sleep in Google Reader megadeth 2009
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The National Prosecuting Authority said its decision was based on what it called abuses of the legal process.
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Venezuela holds the Western Hemisphere's largest oil reserves, so high prices "allowed Chávez to talk tough," said Milos Alcalay, former ambassador to the United Nations under Chávez before resigning in 2004 in protest over what he called abuses of democracy.
NYT > Global Home 2009
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