| misdirect |
| molest(verb, attack, hurt, ruin, damage) |
| play(verb, abuse, waste, trick, confuse) |
| profanation(noun, abuse, waste, deterioration, trash) |
| violate(verb, wrong, abuse, harm, corrupt) |
| wrong(noun, verb, hurt, ruin, damage) |
| catachresis(noun, abuse, waste, cruelty, application) |
| consumption(noun, waste, use, devouring) |
| debasement(noun, wrong, abuse, neglect, fault) |
| defilement(noun, abuse, deterioration, trash, contamination) |
| deprave(verb, harm, spoil, corrupt, impair) |
| despoil(verb, scorn, mock, degrade, debase) |
| embezzle(verb, money, employer) |
| ill-treatment(noun, wrong, abuse, waste, neglect) |
| ill use(noun, verb, expression, phrasal verb, waste) |
| malapropism(noun, abuse, waste, cruelty, application) |
| manipulate(verb, exploit) |
| mishandling(noun, wrong, abuse, neglect, fault) |
| mismanage(noun, verb, ruin, wrong, abuse) |
| misrepresent(adjective, spoil, corrupt, deprave) |