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domestic abuse

Defined in 1 dictionary — U.S. Code

United States Code

26 U.S.C. § 72 — under this chapter

The term "domestic abuse" means physical, psychological, sexual, emotional, or economic abuse, including efforts to control, isolate, humiliate, or intimidate the victim, or to undermine the victim's ability to reason independently, including by means of abuse of the victim's child or another family member living in the household.