Banning American companies from trading with or investing in Iran, for example, makes Teheran pay a price for exporting terrorism, seeking to acquire nuclear weapons and grossly abusing human rights.

Venegas grossly abused his power, arrogating to himself all the grandeur due to the governor alone, and enforcing his will against his enemies (religious as well as laymen) by violence, imprisonment, confiscation and exile.

He became obsessed with his own physical safety grossly abusing his powers to protect himself.

Somehow he ignores Russell, who has been accused of grossly abusing his expense account while in his city housing job.

In 1760 Benjamin Franklin dismissed an Englishman's worries about Americans' desire for independence, insisting that "no such idea was ever entertained by Americans, nor will any such ever enter their heads, unless you grossly abuse them."

I realize that in proposing a creative stretch, I am grossly abusing the main thrust of Falk's argument (which is to limit American power), and I am running up against Elshtain's argument for a new American imperialism, too.

"They grossly abused their positions of trust in order to enrich themselves."

He added, "You can't grossly abuse the traditions and proper practices of Congress and not expect members to be resentful."

Students reacted angrily yesterday to the plea bargain, saying that a man who grossly abused his position was being allowed to escape prison time and retire on a full pension.

It had become a question of the district committee's prestige; they were determined to use any weapon ready to their hand to vindicate their authority, and grossly abused the quite frightening powers at their command.