menyalahgunakan
Indonesian
Etymology
From salah guna + meng- -kan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [məɲalahɡuˈnakan]
- Hyphenation: mê‧nya‧lah‧gu‧na‧kan
Verb
mênyalahgunakan (active menyalahgunakan, passive disalahgunakan)
- to abuse; to misuse; to use improperly
Related terms
Further reading
- “menyalahgunakan”, 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