I . v. a.
1.
Misuse, misemploy, misapply, pervert, prostitute, desecrate, dishonor, profane, pollute, make an ill use of, deceive, impose on, betray, cajole, seduce by cajolery.
2.
Maltreat, harm, injure, hurt, ill-treat, ill-use.
3.
Revile, reproach, vilify, slander, traduce, defame, asperse, inveigh against, carp at, malign, blacken, disparage, berate, rate, betongue, upbraid, calumniate, lampoon, satirize, lash, pasquinade , rail at, sneer at, speak ill of, calumniate, treat with contumely, pour contumely on. See vituperate .
4.
Violate, outrage, ravish, deflour.
II . n.
1.
Misapplication, misuse, misemployment, dishonor, dishonoring, profanation, prostitution, desecration, pollution, perversion, ill-use.
2.
Maltreatment, outrage, ill-treatment, bad treatment.
3.
Corrupt practice, malfeasance, malversation.
4.
Vituperation, railing, reviling, vilification, defamation, aspersion, disparagement, rating, upbraiding, contumely, obloquy, opprobrium, insult, scurrility, ribaldry, foul invective, rude reproach, billingsgate.