abuse a privilege
Frequency: 6.06.7 per million words
To use a special right or advantage in a wrong or unfair way.
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- He was accused of abusing his diplomatic privileges.
- The report highlighted an abuse of diplomatic privileges.
- If you abuse this privilege, it will be revoked immediately.
- Employees must not abuse the privilege of flexible working hours.
- She felt that he had abused the privilege of their friendship.
- Politicians are often criticized when they abuse their privilege.
- Do not abuse the privilege of using the company car for personal trips.
- They were warned not to abuse the privilege granted to them.
- Abusing a privilege can lead to serious consequences for the user.
- The manager realized that some staff might abuse this privilege.