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- Dictionaryvictimize/ˈvɪktɪmʌɪz/
verb
- 1. single (someone) out for cruel or unjust treatment: "they are victimized by racism or discriminatory barriers"
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to treat someone in an intentionally unfair way, especially because of their race, sex, beliefs, etc.: He claimed he'd been victimized by the police. Nixon felt that he was being victimized by the media. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Treating people or animals badly. abuser.
verb (used with object) , vic·tim·ized, vic·tim·iz·ing. to make a victim of. to dupe, swindle, or cheat: to victimize poor widows. Synonyms: beguile, hoodwink, fool, defraud. to slay as or like a sacrificial victim. victimize. / ˈvɪktɪˌmaɪz / verb. to punish or discriminate against selectively or unfairly. to make a victim of.
A victim is someone who has had something bad done to them, like the victim of a murder or a burglary. To victimize is to put someone in that position. A serial killer victimizes the people they kill. A swindler victimizes the people they cheat out of money. Abusive parents victimize their children. A football team that cheats victimizes the ...
verb. If someone is victimized, they are deliberately treated unfairly. He felt the students had been victimized because they'd voiced opposition to the government. [be VERB -ed] [Also VERB noun] Synonyms: persecute, bully, pick on, abuse More Synonyms of victimize. victimization (vɪktɪmaɪzeɪʃən ) uncountable noun.
1. : to make a victim of. 2. : to subject to deception or fraud : cheat. victimization. ˌvik-tə-mə-ˈzā-shən. noun. victimizer. ˈvik-tə-ˌmī-zər. noun. Synonyms. beat. bilk. bleed. cheat. chisel. chouse. con. cozen. defraud. diddle. do in. euchre. fiddle. fleece. flimflam.
victimize somebody to make somebody suffer unfairly because you do not like them, their opinions, or something that they have done. For years the family had been victimized by racist neighbours. The union claimed that some of its members had been victimized for taking part in the strike.
1. to punish or discriminate against selectively or unfairly. 2. to make a victim of. 3. to kill as or in a manner resembling a sacrificial victim. ˌvictimiˈzation, ˌvictimiˈsation n. ˈvictimˌizer, ˈvictimˌiser n.
VICTIMIZE definition: to treat someone unfairly because you do not like or approve of them: . Learn more.
To swindle or defraud someone. Wiktionary. Synonyms: gyp. diddle. mulct. con. short-change. hornswoggle. gip. scam. bunco. goldbrick. nobble. defraud. rook. swindle. victimise. Antonyms: protect.
VICTIMIZE meaning: 1 : to treat (someone) cruelly or unfairly; 2 : to make a victim of (someone) to harm or commit a crime against (someone)
