reabuse
See also: re-abuse
English
Etymology
Noun
reabuse (uncountable)
- Repeated abuse.
- 1997, California. Department of Finance. Performance Review Unit, A Performance Review: California's Child Welfare System (page 94)
- At this point, a judgment is made about the likelihood of reabuse or reneglect if the child is left at home.
- 2010, Ola W. Barnett, Cindy L. Miller-Perrin, Robin D. Perrin, Family Violence Across the Lifespan: An Introduction, page 608:
- Arrest, prosecution, and incarceration, nonetheless, did not prevent reabuse, and revictimizers were particularly prone to violating orders of protection (A. Klein et al., 2008).
- 1997, California. Department of Finance. Performance Review Unit, A Performance Review: California's Child Welfare System (page 94)
Verb
reabuse (third-person singular simple present reabuses, present participle reabusing, simple past and past participle reabused)
- (transitive) To abuse again.