misuse
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- n improper or excessive use
- v apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly
- v change the inherent purpose or function of something
The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers
- If the misuse documented in the Justice IG report stems from incompetence, Americans may not be getting the security they bargain for in sacrificing their civil liberties.
- Abroad, concerns about misuse of the gadgets got so bad that Saudi Arabia outlawed them altogether.
- This is not the misuse of the power of the government, which was the case in the Nixon case.