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power, mishandled until someone else pays for it.
means the use of power, trust, or substance in a way that harms someone who had less power than you.
from from latin abuti, ab- (away) plus uti (to use) — literally to use up, to use wrongly, to use to the point of ruin.
pattern not incidentone bad night rarely counts; the pattern does
trust requiredyou cannot abuse a stranger's power over you
silence enablerit survives almost entirely on secrecy