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1. (of persons) taken advantage of
   "after going out of his way to help his friend get the job he felt not appreciated but victimized";
   - exploited, ill-used, put-upon, used, victimised [Brit]

1. Make a victim of
   "I was victimized by this con-man";
   - victimise [Brit]
    
2. Punish unjustly
   - victimise [Brit]
    
3. 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]

See also: misused

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

Encyclopedia: Victimized