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1. Make a victim of
   "I was victimised by this con-man";
   - victimize
    
2. Punish unjustly
   - victimize
    
3. Deprive of by deceit
   "He victimised me out of my inheritance";
   - victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick [N. Amer, informal], nobble [Brit, informal], diddle [informal], bunco [N. Amer, informal], defraud, scam [informal], mulct, hornswoggle [N. Amer, informal], short-change, con [informal], grift [N. Amer, informal], ream [N. Amer, informal], bunko [N. Amer, informal]

Derived forms: victimised, victimises, victimising

Type of: cheat, chisel [informal], penalise [Brit], penalize, punish, rip off [informal], sanction, wrong

Encyclopedia: Victimise