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| misappropriate(steal, treat well) | |
| punish(upset, trouble, attack, hurt) | |
| ruin(noun, break, cut, attack) | |
| scorn(noun, dismiss, slight, criticize) | |
| spoil(break, trouble, cut, hurt) | |
| subvert(ruin, corrupt, degrade, debase) | |
| take advantage of(expression, idiom, phrasal verb, develop) | |
| wound(noun, upset, break, trouble) | |
| afflict(upset, trouble, attack, hurt) | |
| aggrieve(upset, cut, hurt, wrong) | |
| bad-mouth(bad, attack, sound, criticize) | |
| blaspheme(attack, condemn, insult, denounce) | |
| blight(noun, break, cut, hurt) | |
| criticize(upset, charge, meet, attack) | |
| deprave(hurt, ruin, harm, twist) | |
| diminish(criticize, lower, condemn, blame) | |
| dishonor(noun, state, upset, ruin) | |
| fault(noun, wrong, slight, criticize) | |
| harangue(noun, attack, criticism, diatribe) | |
| harass(attack, hurt, bother, harm) |
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