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Misusage :: Misusage (n.) Bad treatment; abuse.

Caperclaw :: Caperclaw (v. t.) To treat with cruel playfulness, as a cat treats a mouse; to abuse..

Betongue :: Betongue (v. t.) To attack with the tongue; to abuse; to insult.

Abuse :: Abuse (v. t.) Violation; rape; as, abuse of a female child..

Maltreament :: Maltreament (n.) Ill treatment; ill usage; abuse.

Inveterate :: Inveterate (a.) Firmly established by long continuance; obstinate; deep-rooted; of long standing; as, an inveterate disease; an inveterate abuse..

Dilapidate :: Dilapidate (v. t.) To impair by waste and abuse; to squander.

Abuseful :: Abuseful (a.) Full of abuse; abusive.

Abusive :: Abusive (a.) Containing abuse, or serving as the instrument of abuse; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous..

Corrector :: Corrector (n.) One who, or that which, corrects; as, a corrector of abuses; a corrector of the press; an alkali is a corrector of acids..

Abuse :: Abuse (v. t.) To deceive; to impose on.

Abusable :: Abusable (a.) That may be abused.

Abuse :: Abuse (v. t.) To use ill; to maltreat; to act injuriously to; to punish or to tax excessively; to hurt; as, to abuse prisoners, to abuse one's powers, one's patience..

Abuse :: Abuse (v. t.) To revile; to reproach coarsely; to disparage.

Prevarication :: Prevarication (n.) A secret abuse in the exercise of a public office.

Self-abuse :: Self-abuse (n.) The abuse of one's own self, powers, or faculties..

Abuse :: Abuse (v. t.) To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to misuse; to put to a bad use; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert; as, to abuse inherited gold; to make an excessive use of; as, to abuse one's authority..

Inveigh :: Inveigh (v. i.) To declaim or rail (against some person or thing); to utter censorious and bitter language; to attack with harsh criticism or reproach, either spoken or written; to use invectives; -- with against; as, to inveigh against character, conduct, manners, customs, morals, a law, an abuse..

Maltreat :: Maltreat (v. t.) To treat ill; to abuse; to treat roughly.

Vilification :: Vilification (n.) The act of vilifying or defaming; abuse.

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