Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom. Example: All abuse, whether physical, verbal, psychological or sexual, is bad.
Misuse; improper use; perversion.
A delusion; an imposture; misrepresentation; deception.
Coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; language that unjustly or angrily vilifies.
Catachresis.
Physical maltreatment; injury; cruel treatment.
Violation; defilement; rape; forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another, often on a repeated basis.
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