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Noun: victim  vik-tim
  1. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance
    "The flood victims were housed in temporary shelters"
     
  2. A person who is tricked or swindled
    "He fell for the scam and became an unwitting victim";
    - dupe

Derived forms: victims

Type of: actor, doer, unfortunate, unfortunate person, worker

Encyclopedia: Victim