Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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Definition
abuse verb (BEHAVE BADLY)
/əˈbjuːz/ v [T]
to use or treat someone or something wrongly or badly, especially in a way that is to your own advantage
She is continually abusing her position/authority by getting other people to do things for her.
I never expected that he would abuse the trust I placed in him.
Several of the children had been sexually/physically/emotionally abused.
abuser
noun
/əˈbjuː.zər /
/-zɚ/ n [C]
/-zɚ/ n [C] a child abuser
a drug/solvent abuser
(Definition of abuse verb (BEHAVE BADLY) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
