: subjected to harmful or improper treatment : having suffered abuse
providing support for abused children/women
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Construction is set to begin on a new center in Morgan Hill for abused and neglected children and their families next month.
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Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2026
There’s Manny, Zitzs and EZ, who has a way with the girls; Izzy, an abused boy who hides his family’s secrets, and Gloria, as good at sports as the boys and so fierce nobody teases her little sister about her stutter.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 15 Feb. 2026
Help for abused animals gets national recognition From backyard breeders to dog-fighting rings, smaller law enforcement agencies can quickly become overwhelmed when responding to major animal hoarding and abuse cases.
—Laura L. Davis, Nashville Tennessean, 25 Nov. 2025
Its abused hydrology forms the armature of a shadow city—a new form of urban infrastructure that is unplanned and unwelcome—within a city that does not acknowledge its shadow.
—Literary Hub, 21 Nov. 2025
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Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2026
There’s Manny, Zitzs and EZ, who has a way with the girls; Izzy, an abused boy who hides his family’s secrets, and Gloria, as good at sports as the boys and so fierce nobody teases her little sister about her stutter.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 15 Feb. 2026
Help for abused animals gets national recognition From backyard breeders to dog-fighting rings, smaller law enforcement agencies can quickly become overwhelmed when responding to major animal hoarding and abuse cases.
—Laura L. Davis, Nashville Tennessean, 25 Nov. 2025
Its abused hydrology forms the armature of a shadow city—a new form of urban infrastructure that is unplanned and unwelcome—within a city that does not acknowledge its shadow.
—Literary Hub, 21 Nov. 2025
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“Abused.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/abused. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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