The meaning of Misuse

verb

Use (something) to bad effect or for a bad purpose; misuse.

Usage examples:

The judge abused his power by imposing the fines

noun

The improper use of something.

Usage examples:

Alcohol abuse

verb

Cruel or inhumane treatment

verb

(with reference to a feeling or emotion) disappear or cause to disappear.

Usage examples:

The concern she'd felt for him had wholly dissipated

verb

To disappear gradually, or to cause something to disappear gradually

Usage examples:

[ t ] it took months of effort to dissipate the oil spill in the north sea.

noun

Overindulgence in sensual pleasures; dissipated living.

Usage examples:

A descent into drunkenness and sexual dissipation

noun

The process of gradually disappearing

Usage examples:

He sees a growing dissipation of our cultural values., scientists say the dissipation of the el niñ…

verb

Steal or misappropriate (money placed in one's trust or belonging to the organization for which one works).

Usage examples:

She had embezzled £5,600,000 in company funds

verb

To secretly and illegally take money that is in your care or that belongs to an organization or business you work for

Usage examples:

They were arrested for the embezzlement of company funds.

verb

To steal money that is in your care or that belongs to an organization or business you work for

Usage examples:

While employed as business banking manager of the bank, he embezzled £300,000., embezzle sth from s…

noun

Theft or misappropriation of funds placed in one's trust or belonging to one's employer.

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Charges of fraud and embezzlement

noun

The crime of secretly taking money that is in your care or that belongs to an organization or business you work for

Usage examples:

They were arrested for embezzlement of company funds., he's accused of tax evasion, embezzlement, a…

verb

Make full use of and derive benefit from (a resource).

Usage examples:

500 companies sprang up to exploit this new technology

noun

A bold or daring feat.

Usage examples:

Despite a series of colourful exploits, his agents obtained little intelligence of value

noun

A brave, interesting, or unusual act

Usage examples:

Daredevil exploits, he is not content to limit himself to his exploits on the basketball court., th…

noun

The action or fact of treating someone unfairly in order to benefit from their work.

Usage examples:

The exploitation of migrant workers

noun

The act of using someone unfairly for your own advantage

Usage examples:

She favors legislation to curb the exploitation of child labor.

noun

The use or development of something for profit or progress in business

Usage examples:

The awards recognize the best new products or processes suitable for commercial exploitation., the …

noun

Wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain.

Usage examples:

He was convicted of fraud

noun

The crime of obtaining money or property by deceiving people

Usage examples:

Convicted of tax fraud, he was sentenced to two years in prison., he says he’s been everywhere and …

noun

The crime of getting money by tricking or deceiving people, or a crime of this type

Usage examples:

Serious/massive fraud we only investigate when there are sufficient grounds for believing serious f…

noun

The use of something in a way that is illegal or wrong

Usage examples:

The misapplication of sth the misapplication of bank funds by an employee

verb

Use (something) for the wrong purpose or in the wrong way.

Usage examples:

Once new technology is adopted, it is often underused or misapplied

verb

To use something in a way that is wrong or illegal

Usage examples:

The trader pleaded guilty to misapplying millions of dollars and falsifying records., did the depar…

verb

Employ or use (something) wrongly or improperly.

Usage examples:

You misemploy the term ‘celibate’

verb

To employ a worker in a way that is not right or useful

Usage examples:

Why do people stay in their current situation if they are misemployed?, the person is misemployed i…

verb

Waste (something, especially money or time) in a reckless and foolish manner.

Usage examples:

£100m of taxpayers' money has been squandered on administering the tax

verb

To waste money, or to use something valuable that you have a limited amount of in a bad or foolish way

Usage examples:

Government should not squander the taxpayers’ money., don’t squander your opportunities when you ar…

verb

To waste large amounts of money or other resources

Usage examples:

Fifty-five percent of likely voters are convinced that much of the state's tax money is being squan…

verb

Waste (something, especially money or time) in a reckless and foolish manner.

Usage examples:

£100m of taxpayers' money has been squandered on administering the tax

verb

Present participle of squander

Usage examples:

They'll quite happily squander a whole year's savings on two weeks in the sun., ireland squandered …

verb

Use or expend carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose.

Usage examples:

We can't afford to waste electricity

adjective

(of a material, substance, or by-product) eliminated or discarded as no longer useful or required after the completion of a process.

Usage examples:

Ensure that waste materials are disposed of responsibly

noun

An act or instance of using or expending something carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose.

Usage examples:

It's a waste of time trying to argue with him