: subjected to harmful or improper treatment : having suffered abuse
providing support for abused children/women
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Their two youngest children were sent to a home for abused and neglected children.
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Alexandria Burris, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Mar. 2024
In regard to the guilty plea, prosecutors said Cooper prescribed oxycodone and other highly abused drugs for nearly three years without having contact with the patient, who was in prison.
—Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 17 Jan. 2024
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Alexandria Burris, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Mar. 2024
In regard to the guilty plea, prosecutors said Cooper prescribed oxycodone and other highly abused drugs for nearly three years without having contact with the patient, who was in prison.
—Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 17 Jan. 2024
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“Abused.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/abused. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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