Misuse has two meaning: to use for a bad purpose (criminals using it to do bad things) or use it incorrectly (hold it wrong). I was using misuse in the "hold it

Misuse has two meaning: to use for a bad purpose (criminals using it to do bad things) or use it incorrectly (hold it wrong). I was using misuse in the "hold it wrong" sense, but I agree that there's ambiguity there.