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n. Improper, unlawful, or incorrect use; misapplication.

v. To use incorrectly.

v. To mistreat or abuse. See Synonyms at abuse.

n. An incorrect, improper or unlawful use of something.

v. To use (something) incorrectly.

v. To abuse or mistreat (something or someone).

v. To abuse verbally, to insult.

v. To treat or use improperly; to use to a bad purpose; to misapply.

v. To abuse; to treat ill.

n. Wrong use; misapplication; erroneous or improper use.

n. Violence, or its effects.

To treat or use improperly; apply to an improper purpose; make a false or improper use of.

To use or treat badly; abuse or maltreat in act or speech.

Synonyms Abuse, Misuse. See abuse.

n. Improper use; misapplication; employment in a wrong way or to a bad purpose; perversion.

n. Abuse; ill treatment.

n. Synonyms Perversion, profanation, prostitution. See abuse, v. t.

v. apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly

n. improper or excessive use

v. change the inherent purpose or function of something

"The front lawn of the Greene County Courthouse in Downtown Greeneville was filled with hundreds of citizens Thursday night, protesting what they describe as the misuse of federal tax dollars."

misused    misuses    misusing   

apply    utilise    use    utilize    employ   

misapply    abuse    misemploy    maltreat    misapplication    ill-treat   

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perversion    sabotage    misrepresentations    mismanagement    misstatement    violations    embezzlement    misconduct    misinterpretation    miscarriage