abuse : Idioms & Phrases

• (Law), a wrongful using of an animal or chattel distrained, by the distrainer.

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• noun excessive use of alcohol and alcoholic drinks
  alcohol abuse; alcoholic abuse.
  

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• noun excessive use of alcohol and alcoholic drinks
  alcohol abuse; alcoholic abuse.
  

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• noun excessive use of alcohol and alcoholic drinks
  alcohol abuse; alcoholic abuse.
  

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• noun any lascivious contact by an adult with the sexual organs of a child (especially not involving sexual intercourse)
  
• noun sexual intercourse with a person (girl or boy) who has not reached the age of consent (even if both parties participate willingly)
  statutory rape.
  

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• noun the physical or emotional or sexual mistreatment of children
  

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• noun excessive use of drugs
  habit; drug abuse.
  

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• noun a drug that is taken for nonmedicinal reasons (usually for mind-altering effects); drug abuse can lead to physical and mental damage and (with some substances) dependence and addiction
  street drug.
  

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• noun manual stimulation of your own genital organ for sexual pleasure
  self-stimulation.
  

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Self`-abuse" noun

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1. The abuse of one's own self, powers, or faculties.
2. Self-deception; delusion. Obs. Shak.
3. Masturbation; onanism; self-pollution.

Webster 1913

• noun a statutory offense that provides that it is a crime to knowingly cause another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threat
  sex crime; sexual assault; sex offense.
  
  • most states have replaced the common law definition of rape with statutes defining sexual assault

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• noun excessive use of drugs
  habit; drug abuse.
  

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