Definitions
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- verb Present participle of
abuse .
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Examples
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This is political hackery, and the Democrat Party once again abusing the system.
Kennedy urges immediate Senate replacement if vacancy occurs 2009
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And it must be confessed, that there is some amusement to be found in abusing someone as grotesquely obtuse as yourself.
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Stay tuned for details about when the show will air on MTV, but before you begin abusing the "O", "M" and "E" buttons on your keyboard, you'll want to know this: MTV would like to thank you by filling our audience with the real, hardcore fans who've been following our "Twilight" coverage so loyally over all these months.
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I can see circumstances where I could not continue; if the protagonist was engaged in abusing a child, for example.
How Far is Too Far? 2008
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There are crimes that can (and may have been committed) in abusing prosecutorial discretion or in obstructing justice.
Balkinization 2007
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There are crimes that can (and may have been committed) in abusing prosecutorial discretion or in obstructing justice.
Balkinization 2007
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There are crimes that can (and may have been committed) in abusing prosecutorial discretion or in obstructing justice.
Balkinization 2007
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There are crimes that can (and may have been committed) in abusing prosecutorial discretion or in obstructing justice.
Balkinization 2007
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There are crimes that can (and may have been committed) in abusing prosecutorial discretion or in obstructing justice.
Balkinization 2007
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There are crimes that can (and may have been committed) in abusing prosecutorial discretion or in obstructing justice.
Balkinization 2007
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