Victimnoun
One that is harmedâkilled, injured, subjected to oppression, deceived, or otherwise adversely affectedâby someone or something, especially another person or event, force, or condition; in particular:
âthe youngest victims of the brutal warâ; âvictim of a bad decision by a rushed and overworked judgeâ;
Victimizernoun
One who victimizes.
Victimnoun
One who is harmed or killed by a crime or scam.
âvictims of assault; the murderer's victimsâ; âbecame another victim of the latest scamâ;
Victimizernoun
a person who victimizes others;
âI thought we were partners, not victim and victimizerâ;
Victimnoun
One who is harmed or killed by an accident or illness.
âa fundraiser for victims of AIDS; a victim of a car crashâ;
Victimnoun
One who is harmed or killed as a result of other people's biases, emotions or incompetence, or their own.
âa victim of his own pride; a victim of her own incompetenceâ; âthe newcomer never managed to make friends, a victim of the town's deep distrust of outsidersâ; âa victim of sexism; victims of a racist systemâ;
Victimnoun
One who is harmed or killed as a result of a natural or man-made disaster or impersonal condition.
ârelief efforts to help victims of the hurricaneâ; âvictim of an optical illusion; victim of a string of bad luckâ; âlocal businesses were the main victims of the economic downturnâ;
Victimnoun
A living being which is slain and offered as a sacrifice, usually in a religious rite.
Victimnoun
The transfigured body and blood of Christ in the Eucharist.
Victimnoun
A living being sacrificed to some deity, or in the performance of a religious rite; a creature immolated, or made an offering of.
âLed like a victim, to my death I'll go.â;
Victimnoun
A person or thing destroyed or sacrificed in the pursuit of an object, or in gratification of a passion; as, a victim to jealousy, lust, or ambition.
Victimnoun
A person or living creature destroyed by, or suffering grievous injury from, another, from fortune or from accident; as, the victim of a defaulter; the victim of a railroad accident.
Victimnoun
Hence, one who is duped, or cheated; a dupe; a gull.
Victimnoun
an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance
Victimnoun
a person who is tricked or swindled