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be open to abuse/criticism
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be (wide) open to [abuse/criticism etc.]
to be likely to be abused, criticized etc.. The system is wide open to abuse. It's a position which leaves them wide open to criticism. You don't want to lay yourself open to attack.
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A federal judge who heard the case in Los Angeles sided with the government, which argued there were no legal grounds for extending the deadline and that such a policy would be open to abuse.
However, subscription services may be open to abuse, as Andrew Bud, head of the MEF Regulatory Initiative, explains: "In the UK there was great uncertainty about what was best practice and what was unacceptable in the promotion and delivery of subscription services, which disturbed some consumers.
 
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