penyalahgunaan
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Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Affixed salah guna + peng- -an, calque of Dutch misbruik (“misuse”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]penyalahgunaan (plural penyalahgunaan-penyalahgunaan)
- abuse; misuse; improper use; perversion
- Synonym: penyelewengan
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “penyalahgunaan”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016