missbrauchen

B1 Verb frequency rank #7,653

What missbrauchen means

Verb

to abuse (use improperly)
to maltreat; to abuse (treat improperly or violently)
to abuse; to violate (rape or assault sexually)

Forms

missbrauchen · missbraucht · missbrauchte · hat missbraucht

Pronunciation

missbrauchen in a sentence

Er hat mein Vertrauen für eigene Zwecke missbraucht.

He abused my trust for his own ends.

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missbrauchen is B1 German — intermediate vocabulary, ranked #7,653 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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