beating up vs misuse

beating up

misuse

verb
  • To rape (a woman); later more generally, to sexually abuse (someone). 

  • To use (something) incorrectly. 

  • To abuse or mistreat (something or someone). 

noun
  • An incorrect, improper or unlawful use of something. 

How often have the words beating up and misuse occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )