Was heißt »Miss­brauch« auf Englisch?

Das Substantiv Miss­brauch (ver­altet: Mißbrauch) lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

  • abuse

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Nach drei Jahren Missbrauch verließ sie ihren Freund.

She walked out on her boyfriend after three years of abuse.

Er wurde wegen Missbrauchs öffentlicher Mittel verhaftet.

He was arrested for abusing public funds.

Missbrauche nicht mein Vertrauen.

Don't abuse my trust.

Ich bin gegen jegliche Art von Missbrauch.

I'm against any kind of abuse.

Missbrauche dieses Produkt nicht!

Don't misuse this product!

Der Missbrauch von Schlafmitteln ist gefährlich.

Abusing sleeping pills is dangerous.

Mary scheint nicht die Religion an sich zu kritisieren, sondern deren Missbrauch zu politischen Zwecken.

It seems that Mary doesn't criticize religion itself, but the abuse of religion for political purposes.

Synonyme

Ab­usus:
misusage
misuse

Englische Beispielsätze

  • Mary was hurling abuse at a man who, she thought, had clearly overloaded his shopping trolley.

  • Mary hurled abuse at a man because she thought that he had clearly overloaded his shopping trolley.

  • Mary hurled abuse at a man she thought had clearly overloaded his shopping trolley.

  • Female mayors are more than twice as likely as males to experience psychological abuse and almost three times as likely to experience physical violence.

  • Evil comes not from technique, but from those who abuse it.

  • The taxi driver couldn't take Mary's abuse anymore and left her at an abandoned factory.

  • Every person has the power to abuse their privileges.

  • It's an abuse of power.

  • The defendant has no history of drug abuse.

  • Tom has a history of drug abuse.

  • How long, O Catiline, will you abuse our patience?

  • One must not abuse animals.

  • The World Health Organization says alcohol abuse is the third leading cause of death and disability in the world.

  • People shouldn't abuse animals.

  • They're against animal abuse.

  • Child abuse is against the law.

Übergeordnete Begriffe

Ge­brauch:
application
usage
use

Untergeordnete Begriffe

Kin­des­miss­brauch:
child abuse
child maltreatment
Macht­miss­brauch:
misuse of power

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Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: Missbrauch. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2024, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Thesaurus] OpenThesaurus-User: Missbrauch. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2024, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Satzbeispiele] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 612332, 782849, 1432247, 1930928, 5081384, 8726977, 11810982, 9128442, 9128441, 9128440, 8212729, 6214350, 5790473, 4604638, 4530062, 2247194, 1853564, 1626988, 1256175, 1141313, 680058, 680055 & 680054. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR