ABUSAGE Synonyms

• lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain

• in a state of progressive putrefaction

• decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)

• moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles

• destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity

• inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by committing a felony)

• a change for the worse

• a shape resulting from distortion

• an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image

• a change (usually undesired) in the waveform of an acoustic or analog electrical signal; the difference between two measurements of a signal (as between the input and output signal)

• the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean

• the mistake of misrepresenting the facts

• treat badly

• professional wrongdoing that results in injury or damage

• a wrongful act that the actor had no right to do; improper professional conduct

• wrong use or application

• the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else

• the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else

• wrongful borrowing

• management that is careless or inefficient

• improper or excessive use

• apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly

• change the inherent purpose or function of something

• make a mess of, destroy or ruin

• manage badly or incompetently