Statistically, our chances of being the victims of violent crime are remote. [+ of]
2. countable noun
A victim is someone who has suffered as a result of someone else's actions or beliefs, or as a result of unpleasant circumstances.
He was a victim of racial prejudice. [+ of]
He described himself and Altman as victims rather than participants in the scandal.
Infectious diseases are spreading among many of the flood victims.
3.
See fall victim to
More Synonyms of victim
victim in British English
(ˈvɪktɪm)
noun
1.
a person or thing that suffers harm, death, etc, from another or from some adverse act, circumstance, etc
victims of tyranny
2.
a person who is tricked or swindled; dupe
3.
a living person or animal sacrificed in a religious rite
▶ USAGE Using the word victim or victims in relation to chronic illness or disability is often considered demeaning and disempowering.Alternative phrases such as who experiences, who has been diagnosed with, or simply with and then the name of the disability or illness, can be used instead
Word origin
C15: from Latin victima
victim in American English
(ˈvɪktəm)
noun
1.
a person or animal killed as a sacrifice to a god in a religious rite
2.
someone or something killed, destroyed, injured, or otherwise harmed by, or suffering from, some act, condition, or circumstance
victims of war
3.
a person who suffers some loss, esp. by being swindled
Derived forms
victimhood (ˈvictimˌhood)
noun
Word origin
L victima, victim, beast for sacrifice < IE base *weik-, to separate > OE wig, idol, wicce, witch
Examples of 'victim' in a sentence
victim
Is the stress of all this going to claim another victim?
The Sun (2016)
One of the outstanding questions for the regulator is whether or not a compensation scheme for alleged victims should be established.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Both women are in their forties, both women look fashion rather than victim.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They produced a case file from at least 14 men and women who knew the alleged victim.
The Sun (2016)
While some patients are likely to have been admitted as the victims of accidents, others are vulnerable and elderly.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Would the same go for a road accident victim who may require months of expensive treatment?
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
These people seemed to be victims rather than perpetrators.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The stark reality is that our approach failed many victims.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
There are at least a dozen alleged victims.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
You must be sure the relationship meets your needs or you will end up another unhappy victim.
The Sun (2010)
The losers will be the victims of accidents.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The procedure is highly dangerous and leaves many of its victims with health problems throughout their lives.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Curbs is just another victim of the credit crunch.
The Sun (2008)
But the recipients are not only accident victims.
The Sun (2011)
Some victims invite the person who just fired them out to a leaving party on the same day.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The other striking aspect of his case is that he is considered an aggressor rather than a victim.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
This gloomy forecast will bring zero comfort to the thousands of flood victims braced for yet more rain.
The Sun (2014)
Nor does one change it by insisting that these actors are victims rather than moral agents in their art.
Christianity Today (2000)
This concern was also used as a justification for focusing the remit of the board on victims of crimes of violence.
Walklate, Sandra Victimology - the victim and the criminal justice process (1989)
This is because roads with less than 12 residents are included in a wider area to avoid identifying crime victims.
The Sun (2011)
He was a victim of a scandal in the early Nineties when in charge of Monaco.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
But asked whether the couple were victims of the scandal she replied: 'Yes were.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Seesheep
In other languages
victim
British English: victim /ˈvɪktɪm/ NOUN
A victim is someone who has been hurt or killed by someone or something.
...the victims of violent crime.
American English: victim
Arabic: ضَحِيَّة
Brazilian Portuguese: vítima
Chinese: 受害者
Croatian: žrtva
Czech: oběť
Danish: offer offer for forbrydelse
Dutch: slachtoffer
European Spanish: víctima perjudicado
Finnish: uhri
French: victime
German: Opfer
Greek: θύμα
Italian: vittima
Japanese: 犠牲
Korean: 피해자
Norwegian: offer
Polish: ofiara poszkodowany
European Portuguese: vítima
Romanian: victimă
Russian: жертва
Latin American Spanish: víctima
Swedish: offer
Thai: ผู้เคราะห์ร้าย
Turkish: kurban kişi
Ukrainian: жертва
Vietnamese: nạn nhân
All related terms of 'victim'
fashion victim
A fashion victim is someone who thinks that being fashionable is more important than looking nice , and as a result often wears very fashionable clothes that do not suit them or that make them look silly .
victim support
Victim support is the giving of help and advice to people who are victims of crime.
fall victim to
If you fall victim to something or someone, you suffer as a result of them, or you are killed by them.
sacrificial victim
a person who is ritually killed with the intention of propitiating or pleasing a deity
impact statement
You can refer to the official account of events which a suspect or a witness gives to the police as a statement .
Chinese translation of 'victim'
victim
(ˈvɪktɪm)
n(c)
[of accident etc]受害者 (shòuhàizhě) (个(個), gè)
to be the victim of[attack etc]成为(為) ... 的受害者 (chéngwéi ... de shòuhàizhě)
1 (noun)
Definition
a person or thing that suffers harm or death
an organization representing victims of the accident
Synonyms
casualty
The company has been one of the greatest casualties of the recession.
sufferer
injured party
fatality
the first fatality since the ceasefire began
Opposites
survivor
2 (noun)
Definition
a person who is tricked or swindled
the victim of a particularly cruel hoax
Synonyms
prey
government policies that prey on the disadvantaged
patsy (slang, mainly US, Canadian)
sucker (slang)
Keep giving us your money, sucker!
dupe
an innocent dupe in a political scandal
gull (archaic)
stooge
He has vehemently rejected claims that he is a government stooge.
sitting duck (informal)
sitting target
innocent
Opposites
attacker
,
offender
,
culprit
,
assailant
,
guilty party
3 (noun)
A sacrificial victim was thrown to the judicial authorities.
Synonyms
scapegoat
Her supporters see her as a scapegoat for a policy that failed.
sacrifice
martyr
fall guy (informal)
whipping boy
idiom
See fall victim to something
Quotation
He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter [Bible: Isaiah]
Additional synonyms
in the sense of dupe
Definition
a person who is easily deceived
an innocent dupe in a political scandal
Synonyms
victim,
mug (British, slang),
sucker (slang),
pigeon (slang),
sap (slang),
gull,
pushover (slang),
fall guy (informal),
simpleton
in the sense of fatality
Definition
a death caused by an accident or disaster
the first fatality since the ceasefire began
Synonyms
casualty,
death,
loss,
victim
in the sense of gull
Synonyms
dupe,
fool,
mug (slang),
sap (slang),
sucker (slang),
gudgeon (slang),
chump (informal),
simpleton,
babe in arms (informal),
putz (US, slang),
easy mark (slang)
Synonyms of 'victim'
victim
Explore 'victim' in the dictionary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of stooge
Definition
someone who is taken advantage of by someone in a superior position
He has vehemently rejected claims that he is a government stooge.