re-abuse

See also: reabuse

English

Etymology

re- +‎ abuse

Verb

re-abuse (third-person singular simple present re-abuses, present participle re-abusing, simple past and past participle re-abused)

1. To abuse again.

Noun

re-abuse (countable and uncountable, plural re-abuses)

1. Abuse that is repeated or perpetrated again.

   a re-abuse rate of six percent