Misuse
Rough up
Rough up verb - To abuse physically.
Usage example: the photographer claimed that he had been roughed up by the actor's bodyguards outside the club
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Rough up and Misuse. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/misuse/rough_up
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