Words similar to misused

Example sentences for: misused

How can you use “misused” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

[Deceptively] is frequently misused.
Carey was barred, say the papers, because he misused his power by tolerating and engaging in various laundering schemes to funnel money from his union's general fund to his own election effort.
It worried that because of the numerous prior consultations between FBI agents and prosecutors, the judge might rule that the FISA warrants had been misused.
These include: "wake-up call" (46); "above my pay grade" (41); "paralysis by analysis" (2); "new facts on the ground" (1); and "mano a mano " (1), which, as reader Jay Brida pointed out, is always misused (it's Spanish not for "man to man," but "hand to hand").
But the quote has been misused by Democrats ever since.