'Doubtless, the native priests put this phenomenon to nefarious use,' L Sprague de Camp, a reformed science fiction writer, notes.

The core plot of Foreign Body concerns "medical tourism in India, focusing on "a group of dangerous Indian beauties" whose nursing skills will be put to some nefarious use."

Did they actually believe that people would drink the stuff, or did they have other, more nefarious uses in mind?

The point he's making is not that Google intends some nefarious use for this, but merely that this was sloppily written.

Notebooks also included tips for putting familiar objects to nefarious use, like converting a hand set for a radio-controlled toy boat into a remote detonator.

In March, the Health and Human Services Department set up the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity to give advice about research with potentially nefarious uses.

Any nefarious commercial uses came after the fact, no?

He found an envelope which his fingers, somewhat sensitive from long employment in nefarious uses, told him contained nothing more substantial than a letter.

In addition to the abovementioned nefarious uses, there are some beneficial uses too as the DMA features can be used for kernel debugging purposes.

But the technology could also have many nefarious uses, such as framing or blackmailing someone with a fake "recording."