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beat, bilk, bleed, cheat, chisel, chouse, con, cozen, defraud, diddle, do, do in, euchre, fiddle, fleece, flimflam, gaff, gyp, hose [slang], hustle, mulct, nobble [British slang], pluck, ream, rip off, rook, screw, shake down, short, shortchange, skin, skunk, squeeze, stick, stiff, sting, sucker, swindle, thimblerig
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Jim Hauer and the five other men each claim they were victimized as children decades ago by priests assigned to churches and schools throughout Western Washington. — Lewis Kamb, The Seattle Times, "Seattle Archdiocese pays nearly $7 million to settle men’s claims that six priests abused them as boys," 13 Nov. 2018 Officer ended the press conference by encouraging anyone with information related to this case or any case where someone was victimized to reach out to the APD tip line. — Nathan Mattise And Cyrus Farivar, Ars Technica, "Judge orders Cody Wilson’s arrest, but he skipped his return flight from Taiwan," 19 Sep. 2018 The latest allegation brings the number of women who say they were victimized by Fischer to 17. — Jeff Mcdonald, latimes.com, "Legal claim says deputy groped San Diego State student in 2012 and detectives pressured her not to file complaint," 16 June 2018 Keane said these items will be tested for DNA to possibly link the suspects to the children who claim they were victimized. — Vanesa Brashier, Houston Chronicle, "Investigators seize camper, more evidence in Shepherd child porn case," 4 Apr. 2018 Often, victims try to resume their careers and don’t want the public to know they were victimized, said Chaim Book, an employment attorney at Moskowitz & Book LLP in New York. — Nicole Hong, WSJ, "End of the Nondisclosure Agreement? Not So Fast," 26 Mar. 2018 The county is also offering assistance to those victimized by the fire. — Lyndsay Winkley, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Community comes together to drum up support for Alpine fire victims left homeless," 9 July 2018 Because if black folks don’t speak up, we will again be victimized by a racist policy dressed up to look like help. — Solomon Jones, Philly.com, "Liberal racism behind push for safe injection sites | Solomon Jones," 13 June 2018 And the tone of those tweets -- angry, incredulous and, most interestingly, victimized -- suggest just how much emotional investment Trump has in all of this. — Chris Cillizza, CNN, "Donald Trump wants you to know he can pardon himself. But he's not going to -- yet.," 4 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'victimize.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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victimize
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English Language Learners Definition of victimize
: to treat (someone) cruelly or unfairly
: to make a victim of (someone) : to harm or commit a crime against (someone)
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Kids Definition of victimize
: to make a victim of
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