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victimize
vic·tim·ize V0089400 (vĭk′tə-mīz′)tr.v. vic·tim·ized, vic·tim·iz·ing, vic·tim·iz·es To make a victim of, especially:a. To injure or kill.b. To cheat or defraud. vic′tim·i·za′tion (-tə-mĭ-zā′shən) n.vic′tim·iz′er n.victimize (ˈvɪktɪˌmaɪz) or victimisevb (tr) 1. to punish or discriminate against selectively or unfairly2. to make a victim of3. to kill as or in a manner resembling a sacrificial victim ˌvictimiˈzation, ˌvictimiˈsation n ˈvictimˌizer, ˈvictimˌiser nvic•tim•ize (ˈvɪk təˌmaɪz) v.t. -ized, -iz•ing. 1. to make a victim of. 2. to dupe, swindle, or cheat. [1820–30] vic`tim•i•za′tion, n. vic′tim•iz`er, n. syn: See cheat. victimize Past participle: victimized Gerund: victimizing
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victimize | victimize |
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I victimize | you victimize | he/she/it victimizes | we victimize | you victimize | they victimize |
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I victimized | you victimized | he/she/it victimized | we victimized | you victimized | they victimized |
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I am victimizing | you are victimizing | he/she/it is victimizing | we are victimizing | you are victimizing | they are victimizing |
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I have victimized | you have victimized | he/she/it has victimized | we have victimized | you have victimized | they have victimized |
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I was victimizing | you were victimizing | he/she/it was victimizing | we were victimizing | you were victimizing | they were victimizing |
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I had victimized | you had victimized | he/she/it had victimized | we had victimized | you had victimized | they had victimized |
Future |
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I will victimize | you will victimize | he/she/it will victimize | we will victimize | you will victimize | they will victimize |
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I will have victimized | you will have victimized | he/she/it will have victimized | we will have victimized | you will have victimized | they will have victimized |
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I will be victimizing | you will be victimizing | he/she/it will be victimizing | we will be victimizing | you will be victimizing | they will be victimizing |
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I have been victimizing | you have been victimizing | he/she/it has been victimizing | we have been victimizing | you have been victimizing | they have been victimizing |
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I will have been victimizing | you will have been victimizing | he/she/it will have been victimizing | we will have been victimizing | you will have been victimizing | they will have been victimizing |
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I had been victimizing | you had been victimizing | he/she/it had been victimizing | we had been victimizing | you had been victimizing | they had been victimizing |
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I would victimize | you would victimize | he/she/it would victimize | we would victimize | you would victimize | they would victimize |
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I would have victimized | you would have victimized | he/she/it would have victimized | we would have victimized | you would have victimized | they would have victimized | ThesaurusVerb | 1. | victimize - make a victim of; "I was victimized by this con-man"victimisewrong - treat unjustly; do wrong tocheat, rip off, chisel - deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money"cozen, deceive, delude, lead on - be false to; be dishonest with | | 2. | victimize - punish unjustly victimisepenalise, penalize, punish - impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on; "The students were penalized for showing up late for class"; "we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again" | | 3. | victimize - deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, swindle, short-changeshort, short-change - cheat someone by not returning him enough moneycheat, rip off, chisel - deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money" |
victimizeverb persecute, bully, pick on, abuse, harass, discriminate against, lean on, have it in for (informal), push someone around, give someone a hard time, demonize, have a down on (informal), have your knife into People victimize others in order to exert power and maintain control.victimizeverb1. To get money or something else from by deceitful trickery:bilk, cheat, cozen, defraud, gull, mulct, rook, swindle.Informal: chisel, flimflam, take, trim.Slang: diddle, do, gyp, stick, sting.2. To offer as a sacrifice:immolate, sacrifice.TranslationsvictimervittimizzarevitimarMedicalSeevictimizationvictimize Related to victimize: thesaurusSynonyms for victimizeverb persecuteSynonyms- persecute
- bully
- pick on
- abuse
- harass
- discriminate against
- lean on
- have it in for
- push someone around
- give someone a hard time
- demonize
- have a down on
- have your knife into
Synonyms for victimizeverb to get money or something else from by deceitful trickerySynonyms- bilk
- cheat
- cozen
- defraud
- gull
- mulct
- rook
- swindle
- chisel
- flimflam
- take
- trim
- diddle
- do
- gyp
- stick
- sting
verb to offer as a sacrificeSynonymsSynonyms for victimizeverb make a victim ofSynonymsRelated Words- wrong
- cheat
- rip off
- chisel
- cozen
- deceive
- delude
- lead on
verb punish unjustlySynonymsRelated Wordsverb deprive of by deceitSynonyms- bunco
- con
- defraud
- diddle
- gip
- goldbrick
- gyp
- hornswoggle
- mulct
- nobble
- rook
- scam
- swindle
- short-change
Related Words- short
- short-change
- cheat
- rip off
- chisel
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