Victim vs. Victimizer — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Victim and Victimizer
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Definitions
Victim➦
One who is harmed or killed by another, especially by someone committing a criminal or unlawful act
A victim of a mugging.
Victimizer➦
To injure or kill.
Victim➦
A living creature slain and offered as a sacrifice during a religious rite.
Victimizer➦
To cheat or defraud.
Victim➦
One who is harmed by or made to suffer under a circumstance or condition
Victims of war.
Victims of an epidemic.
Victims of poverty.
Victimizer➦
One who victimizes.
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Victim➦
A person who is tricked, swindled, or taken advantage of
The victim of a cruel hoax.
Victimizer➦
A person who victimizes others;
I thought we were partners, not victim and victimizer
Victim➦
One that is harmed—killed, injured, subjected to oppression, deceived, or otherwise adversely affected—by someone or something, especially another person or event, force, or condition; in particular:
The youngest victims of the brutal war
Victim of a bad decision by a rushed and overworked judge
Victim➦
One who is harmed or killed by a crime or scam.
Victims of assault; the murderer's victims
Became another victim of the latest scam
Victim➦
One who is harmed or killed by an accident or illness.
A fundraiser for victims of AIDS; a victim of a car crash
Victim➦
One who is harmed or killed as a result of other people's biases, emotions or incompetence, or their own.
A victim of his own pride; a victim of her own incompetence
The newcomer never managed to make friends, a victim of the town's deep distrust of outsiders
A victim of sexism; victims of a racist system
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Victim➦
One who is harmed or killed as a result of a natural or man-made disaster or impersonal condition.
Relief efforts to help victims of the hurricane
Victim of an optical illusion; victim of a string of bad luck
Local businesses were the main victims of the economic downturn
Victim➦
A living being which is slain and offered as a sacrifice, usually in a religious rite.
Victim➦
The transfigured body and blood of Christ in the Eucharist.
Victim➦
A living being sacrificed to some deity, or in the performance of a religious rite; a creature immolated, or made an offering of.
Led like a victim, to my death I'll go.
Victim➦
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.
Victim➦
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.
Victim➦
Hence, one who is duped, or cheated; a dupe; a gull.
Victim➦
An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance
Victim➦
A person who is tricked or swindled
