Abuse and Scandal

Abuse

Abuse noun - Harsh insulting language.

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Scandal and abuse are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Scandal" instead a noun "Abuse".

Nearby Words: abusive, abused, abusing

Scandal noun - A cause of shame.

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Abuse and scandal are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Abuse" instead a noun "Scandal".

similar	similar abuse	similar scandal
real	real abuse	real scandal
constant	constant abuse	constant scandal
massive	massive abuse	massive scandal
Other adjectives: infamous, potential, sexual, possible, past, domestic, outright, further, worst, financial, aforementioned, horrific.

Thirty years later, his son, Ben Bradlee Jr., was an editor at The Boston Globe and oversaw the investigation into another major American scandal: that of sexual abuse by the Catholic Church.

Source: History Repeats
Jimmy had to resign from the police force due to a major corruption and abuse of power scandal.

Source: Series / Second Chance (2016)
For a long time, people thought the molestation and abuse of children by priests, and the enslavement and torture of "fallen women" in the Magdalene Laundries were as bad as the scandal was going to get.

Source: From Bad To Worse / Other

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