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▸ noun:  Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom.
▸ noun:  Misuse; improper use; perversion.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) A delusion; an imposture; misrepresentation; deception.
▸ noun:  Coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; language that unjustly or angrily vilifies.
▸ noun:  (now rare) Catachresis.
▸ noun:  Physical maltreatment; injury; cruel treatment.
▸ noun:  Violation; defilement; rape; forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another, often on a repeated basis.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert
▸ verb:  (transitive) To injure; to maltreat; to hurt; to treat with cruelty, especially repeatedly.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To attack with coarse language; to insult; to revile; malign; to speak in an offensive manner to or about someone; to disparage.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To imbibe a drug for a purpose other than it was intended; to intentionally take more of a drug than was prescribed for recreational reasons; to take illegal drugs habitually.
▸ verb:  (transitive, archaic) To violate; defile; to rape; (reflexive) to masturbate.
▸ verb:  (transitive, obsolete) Misrepresent; adulterate.
▸ verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To deceive; to trick; to impose on; misuse the confidence of.
▸ verb:  (transitive, obsolete, Scotland) Disuse.

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