Godan verb with 'u' ending
to use (a tool, method, etc.)
Also: to make use of; to put to use
東京・福生市でハンマーのようなもので高校生を殴ったなどとして、1日、44歳の容疑者が、千葉県習志野市で逮捕された事件で、警視庁が逃走に使われたとみられる乗用車を30日午後、習志野市内の駐車場で発見して…On the 1st, a 44-year-old suspect was arrested in Chiba City for an incident in Fussa City, Tokyo, where he allegedly assaulted a high school student with a hammer-like object. The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department discovered a vehicle believed to have been used in the escape on the afternoon of the 30th in a parking lot in Chiba City...