I.
noun
1 wrong/bad use of sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ alcohol , drug , solvent , substance (= drugs, etc.)
▪ systematic , widespread
▪ flagrant
VERB + ABUSE
▪ prevent , stop
▪ investigate , report
▪ be open to
▪
The legal system is open to ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ of
▪
~ of prisoners
PHRASES
▪ the ~ of power
2 bad, usually violent treatment of sb
ADJECTIVE
▪ emotional , physical , psychological , sex , sexual
▪ child , elder ( esp. AmE ), prisoner , spousal ( esp. AmE )
▪
victims of child ~
▪ human rights ~s
▪
allegations of human rights ~s
▪ alleged , suspected
… OF ABUSE
▪ case
▪
six cases of suspected child ~
VERB + ABUSE
▪ commit
▪ subject sb to
▪
She was subjected to regular sexual ~.
▪ experience , suffer , take
▪
The child had taken a lot of emotional ~.
▪ allege , suspect sb of
ABUSE + VERB
▪ happen , occur , take place
ABUSE + NOUN
▪ victim
PHRASES
▪ an allegation of ~
▪
allegations of child ~
▪ a perpetrator of ~
▪ a victim of ~
3 insulting words
ADJECTIVE
▪ verbal
▪ personal , racial ( esp. BrE ), racist
… OF ABUSE
▪ stream , torrent
▪
He was subjected to a torrent of personal ~.
VERB + ABUSE
▪ hurl , scream , shout , shower sb with , subject sb to
▪ endure
▪
They had to endure continual racist ~.
PHRASES
▪ heap ~ on sb/sth
▪
Abuse and scorn were heaped on the proposals.
▪ a target for ~ , a target of ~
▪
The team who lost became a target of ~ for angry fans.
▪ a term of ~
▪
Calling someone stupid is definitely a term of ~.
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ emotionally , mentally , physically , sexually , verbally
▪
All the children had been physically and emotionally ~d.
▪ badly , severely
Abuse is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ alcohol , ↑ authority , ↑ child , ↑ cocaine , ↑ hospitality , ↑ power , ↑ privilege , ↑ substance , ↑ trust , ↑ woman