See misuse on Wiktionary
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],
"word": "злоупотреба"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "incorrect, improper or unlawful use",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "zneužití"
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{
"code": "da",
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"sense": "incorrect, improper or unlawful use",
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"common-gender",
"neuter"
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "incorrect, improper or unlawful use",
"word": "misuzo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "incorrect, improper or unlawful use",
"word": "väärinkäyttö"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "incorrect, improper or unlawful use",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mésusage"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "incorrect, improper or unlawful use",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Missbrauch"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "incorrect, improper or unlawful use",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "missbräuchliche Nutzung/Verwendung"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "incorrect, improper or unlawful use",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Fehlbedienung"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "incorrect, improper or unlawful use",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Fehlgebrauch"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "incorrect, improper or unlawful use",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Zweckentfremdung"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "katáchrisi",
"sense": "incorrect, improper or unlawful use",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "κατάχρηση"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "incorrect, improper or unlawful use",
"word": "penyalahgunaan"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "incorrect, improper or unlawful use",
"word": "abuso"
},
{
"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "incorrect, improper or unlawful use",
"word": "abuza"
},
{
"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "incorrect, improper or unlawful use",
"word": "abuzá"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "incorrect, improper or unlawful use",
"word": "salah guna"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "durupayōgaṁ",
"sense": "incorrect, improper or unlawful use",
"word": "ദുരുപയോഗം"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "incorrect, improper or unlawful use",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"neuter"
],
"word": "misbruk"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "incorrect, improper or unlawful use",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"neuter"
],
"word": "misbruk"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "incorrect, improper or unlawful use",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mal uso"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "incorrect, improper or unlawful use",
"word": "migeb"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "incorrect, improper or unlawful use",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mezuzance"
}
],
"word": "misuse"
}
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"Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"Terms with Czech translations",
"Terms with Esperanto translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Indonesian translations",
"Terms with Italian translations",
"Terms with Latin translations",
"Terms with Maori translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
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"To use (something) incorrectly."
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"(transitive) To use (something) incorrectly."
],
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"To abuse or mistreat (something or someone)."
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"(transitive) To abuse or mistreat (something or someone)."
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"ref": "2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 326:",
"text": "“If that is true she would be the first case I have ever heard of, as most female captives are misused by the entire tribe.”",
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"To rape (a woman); later more generally, to sexually abuse (someone)."
],
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[
"rape",
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"(transitive) To rape (a woman); later more generally, to sexually abuse (someone)."
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"ref": "1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 3, member 7:",
"text": "Socrates was brought upon the stage by Aristophanes, and misused to his face: but he laughed, as if it concerned him not […].",
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"To abuse verbally, to insult."
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"abuse",
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"insult",
"insult"
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"(obsolete, transitive) To abuse verbally, to insult."
],
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}
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{
"rhymes": "-uːz"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zloupotrebjavam",
"sense": "to use something incorrectly",
"word": "злоупотребявам"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to use something incorrectly",
"word": "misuzi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to use something incorrectly",
"word": "käyttää väärin"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to use something incorrectly",
"word": "missbrauchen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to use something incorrectly",
"word": "zweckentfremden"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to use something incorrectly",
"word": "menyalahgunakan"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to use something incorrectly",
"word": "usare impropriamente"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to use something incorrectly",
"word": "abūtor"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zloupotrebljátʹ",
"sense": "to use something incorrectly",
"word": "злоупотребля́ть"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "to use something incorrectly",
"word": "migebön"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otnasjam se lošo s",
"sense": "to abuse or mistreat something or someone",
"word": "отнасям се лошо с"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to abuse or mistreat something or someone",
"word": "zneužít"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "a thing",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to abuse or mistreat something or someone",
"word": "väärinkäyttää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "a person",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to abuse or mistreat something or someone",
"word": "kohdella väärin"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to abuse or mistreat something or someone",
"word": "missbrauchen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to abuse or mistreat something or someone",
"word": "abusare"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to abuse or mistreat something or someone",
"word": "raukoti"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to abuse or mistreat something or someone",
"word": "abusar"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "to abuse or mistreat something or someone",
"word": "migebön"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bludstvam",
"sense": "to abuse sexually",
"word": "блудствам"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to abuse sexually",
"word": "raiskata"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "to rape",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to abuse sexually",
"word": "väkisinmaata"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "to abuse sexually, e.g. a minor",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to abuse sexually",
"word": "käyttää hyväksi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to abuse sexually",
"word": "abusare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to abuse sexually",
"word": "stuprare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to abuse sexually",
"word": "violentare"
}
],
"word": "misuse"
}
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