abuse
improper usage or misuse or incivil behavior towards others
criminality
persistent social phenomenon of criminal offenses being committed
silent treatment
refusal to communicate verbally with someone who desires the communication
abusive supervision
form of workplace bullying by a supervisor
deception
act of intentionally propagating beliefs of things that are not true, or not the whole truth
abuse of power
commission of an unlawful act in an official capacity, which affects the performance of official duties
misuse of statistics
erroneous use of statistical argument when the statistical reason involved is false or misapplied
parental abuse by children
abuse of parents by their children
gaming the system
abusing and manipulating a system for one's own benefit or for a desired outcome, by using the same rules and procedures meant to protect and regulate the system
verbal abuse
oral, gestured, and written language directed to abuse a victim
narcissistic abuse
psychological, sexual, financial and/or physical abuse by a narcissist, particularly emotional abuse in parent-child and adult-to-adult relationships.
Swirly
act of bullying
misappropriation
legal concept
conversion therapy
pseudoscientific or religious attempt to change sexual orientation
code injection
class of exploits in which a vulnerable computer program misinterprets data as code
disability abuse
form of abuse
religious abuse
mistreatment under the guise of religion to use unfairly or improperly gain benefit
surveillance abuse
use of surveillance in a way which violates the social norms or laws of a society
maltreatment
cruel or harmful treatment or abuse; mistreatment
abuse of rights
improper exercise of a legal right for the purpose of causing annoyance, harm, or injury to another
sexual abuse
abusive sexual behavior by one person upon another
child abuse
maltreatment or neglect of a child
social exploitation
social relationship in which one agent takes unfair advantage of another agent
predatory lending
unfair and deceptive loan origination
legal abuse
unfair or improper legal action with malicious intentions
mate crime
befriending a vulnerable person with the intention of then exploiting the person financially, physically or sexually
indoctrination
process of forcibly inculcating ideas, attitudes, cognitive strategies or a professional methodology by coercion
abuse of process
legal tort of misusing court processes unjustified by legal actions being taken
psychological abuse
form of abuse characterized by a person subjecting or exposing another to behavior that may result in psychological trauma
neglect
passive form of abuse where the perpetrator, who is responsible for caring for someone who is unable to care for themselves, fails to do so
gay bashing
verbal or physical abuse/bullying against people perceived to be LGBT
exploitation of women in mass media
objections to media portrayal of women
misconduct
wrongful, improper, or unlawful conduct motivated by premeditated or intentional purpose or by obstinate indifference to the consequences of one's acts
prisoner abuse
mistreatment of imprisoned people by authorities
sexual orientation change efforts
attempts to change a persons sexual interest in men or women
obstetric violence
neglect, physical abuse and lack of respect during childbirth
elder abuse
mistreatment or neglect of an old-age adult
physical abuse
form of abuse characterized by a person intentionally inflicting bodily harm or injury on another
tickle torture
use of tickling to abuse, dominate, harass, humiliate, or interrogate an individual.
setting up to fail
manipulative technique
economic abuse
form of abuse
structural abuse
Process of unfair treatment by authority
seasoning
period of adjustment of African slaves in the Caribbean