reabuse

See also: re-abuse

English

Etymology

re- +‎ abuse

Noun

reabuse (uncountable)

1. Repeated abuse.
   • 2010, Ola W. Barnett, Cindy L. Miller-Perrin, Robin D. Perrin, Family Violence Across the Lifespan: An Introduction, page 608:

     Arrest, prosecution, and incarceration, nonetheless, did not prevent reabuse, and revictimizers were particularly prone to violating orders of protection (A. Klein et al., 2008).

Verb

reabuse (third-person singular simple present reabuses, present participle reabusing, simple past and past participle reabused)

1. (transitive) To abuse again.