victimize
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
victimize
verb
victimizes;
victimized;
victimizing
victimize
verb
victimizes;
victimized;
victimizing
Britannica Dictionary definition of VICTIMIZE
[+ object]
1
:
to treat (someone) cruelly or unfairly
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They were victimized because of their religion.
2
chiefly US
:
to make a victim of (someone)
:
to harm or commit a crime against (someone)
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people who have been victimized by thieves/theft [=people who are the victims of thieves; people who have been robbed]
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More than a dozen elderly women were victimized [=swindled] by the con artist.
