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Verb: victimize 'vik-ti,mIz- Make a victim of
"I was victimized by this con-man"; - victimise [Brit] - Punish unjustly
- victimise [Brit] - Deprive of by deceit
"He victimized me out of my inheritance"; - 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], victimise [Brit], grift [N. Amer, informal], ream [N. Amer, informal], bunko [N. Amer, informal]
Derived forms: victimized, victimizes, victimizing Type of: cheat, chisel [informal], penalise [Brit], penalize, punish, rip off [informal], sanction, wrong Encyclopedia: Victimize |