"abuse" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- On his desk is a bill to prosecute any government whistle-blower who dares make public any corruption or abuses of power any official stamps "classified."
- Aguirre said the SEC and the Justice Department have failed to adequately prosecute abuses by hedge funds.
- However, the announcements this weekend signal that the president, whose popularity ratings have steadily declined over the last year, may become more aggressive about prosecuting past abuses of authority.
- For that position to be justified, the United States military must maintain its credibility by having just procedures for prosecuting abuses of power.
- After building a reputation for his willingness to challenge state and federal officials over their failures to prosecute abuses of human rights, he was made Attorney General in January 1993.
- Critics said the agency was focusing on a minor incident while not prosecuting much more serious abuses, like a huge bid-rigging case involving the construction industry in a Tokyo suburb.
- "We prosecute abuses of power," he said, "and you have to have power to abuse it."
- Thursday's agreement commits the Japanese to vastly increase their spending on public works, revamp their retailing system and prosecute monopolistic abuses.
- The move ended a long, contentious trial that was considered a test of the country's willingness to prosecute abuses by the military.
- But it has not shown much more willingness to prosecute abuses by the police forces and the army, human rights groups say.
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