8
misemployment(noun, abuse, waste, application, wildness)
8
outrage(noun, verb, hurt, ruin, wrong)
8
prostitute(verb, abuse, blow, harm, spoil)
7
corrupt(verb, abuse, harm, spoil, impair)
7
corruption(noun, wrong, abuse, waste, neglect)
7
desecration(noun, wrong, abuse, waste, neglect)
7
dissipate(verb, abuse, blow, harm, waste)
7
hurt(noun, verb, attack, ruin, dismiss)
7
maltreatment(noun, wrong, damage, abuse, harm)
7
profane(verb, abuse, debase, demean, exploit)
6
barbarism(noun, abuse, waste, speech, cruelty)
6
debase(verb, spoil, corrupt, mock, taint)
6
debauch(verb, spoil, corrupt, degrade, debase)
6
prostitution(noun, wrong, abuse, waste, neglect)
6
squander(verb, go, ruin, play, abuse)
6
take advantage of(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, exploit)
5
blow(verb, ruin, abuse, waste, spoil)
5
damage(noun, verb, hurt, ruin, abuse)
5
defile(verb, wrong, abuse, harm, corrupt)
5
degrade(verb, debase, taint, demean)
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