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单词 victimize
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Definition of victimize in English:

victimize

(British victimise)
verb ˈvɪktɪmʌɪzˈvɪktəˌmaɪz
[with object]
  • Single (someone) out for cruel or unjust treatment.

    they are victimized by racism or discriminatory barriers
    Example sentencesExamples
    • An Internet message board has been pulled amid allegations it was used by bullies to harass and victimise school children.
    • I'm tired of people victimizing the enemy by using children as weapons in their war of words.
    • Reports that he felt victimized by racism at some point in his life don't unto themselves make his race relevant.
    • I made a decision to speak up against an unjust law in Florida because I was victimized by that law.
    • All photojournalists who respect their subjects find that victimized people are very willing to show the world their lot.
    • What it basically does is it further victimizes people who have already been devastated.
    • So to redefine these people out of the system is not particularly fair and we think that victimises these people.
    • As far as community activism is concerned, do not victimise people with unfounded and destructive remarks or allegations.
    • They are victimizing some people who are not able at that point to help themselves out of a jam… I have felt so sorry for victims who didn't know who they were dealing with.
    • And they also happen to victimize other innocent people, so the tragedy is compounded.
    • They also accused management of swindling public funds and victimising workers who had complained.
    • It's not healthy to suffer indefinitely, but to say ‘suffering is a choice’ just further victimises people: I'm choosing to have a hard time!
    • A righteous-sounding phrase is being exploited to victimise persons perceived to be a threat to the regime, while others are rewarded with the ill-gotten booty.
    • In this case, the low-income people are commonly victimized.
    • It is our duty and the duty of every decent human to make sure this vermin is no more and that no more innocent decent people are victimized.
    • The children are victimised, picked on, beaten up, laughed and jeered at.
    • How does my generation react when an entire community of people is victimized at the hands of religious fanatics in a secular democracy?
    • They have to be careful that innocent persons are not victimised.
    • In many countries people are victimised, terrorised, disappeared or tortured, for publicly, or even privately, expressing dissent.
    • We see women who are the most victimized people in our society.
    Synonyms
    exploit, prey on, take advantage of, swindle, dupe, cheat, trick, hoodwink, double-cross, defraud
    persecute, pick on, push around, lean on, bully, abuse, discriminate against, ill-treat, mistreat, maltreat, harass, hound, torment, terrorize, torture, punish unfairly
    informal get at, have it in for, have a down on, be down on, give someone a hard time, hassle, needle, get on someone's back, make things hot for someone, take for a ride, con, diddle, rip off, fleece

Derivatives

  • victimizer

  • noun
    • But I wanted them to realize that mercy without justice is a sickening evil unto itself, one that corrodes the souls of victims and victimizers alike.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • To preserve the division of the world into victims and victimizers, therefore, it is intellectually imperative to keep migrants in a state of the most complete dependence possible.
      • I was referring to citizens of a militarized state, both its victims and its victimizers.
      • And he seems to me to believe, finally, that the only really satisfactory ‘consequences’ are the ones victims get to inflict on victimizers, not the consequences God inflicts.
      • So, despite its political implications, The Circle is not a work of propaganda in which shrinking victims are pitted against bold-faced victimizers.
 
 

Definition of victimize in US English:

victimize

(British victimise)
verbˈvɪktəˌmaɪzˈviktəˌmīz
[with object]
  • Single (someone) out for cruel or unjust treatment.

    scam artists who victimize senior citizens
    Example sentencesExamples
    • As far as community activism is concerned, do not victimise people with unfounded and destructive remarks or allegations.
    • And they also happen to victimize other innocent people, so the tragedy is compounded.
    • In many countries people are victimised, terrorised, disappeared or tortured, for publicly, or even privately, expressing dissent.
    • What it basically does is it further victimizes people who have already been devastated.
    • An Internet message board has been pulled amid allegations it was used by bullies to harass and victimise school children.
    • I'm tired of people victimizing the enemy by using children as weapons in their war of words.
    • They are victimizing some people who are not able at that point to help themselves out of a jam… I have felt so sorry for victims who didn't know who they were dealing with.
    • How does my generation react when an entire community of people is victimized at the hands of religious fanatics in a secular democracy?
    • The children are victimised, picked on, beaten up, laughed and jeered at.
    • All photojournalists who respect their subjects find that victimized people are very willing to show the world their lot.
    • A righteous-sounding phrase is being exploited to victimise persons perceived to be a threat to the regime, while others are rewarded with the ill-gotten booty.
    • In this case, the low-income people are commonly victimized.
    • It's not healthy to suffer indefinitely, but to say ‘suffering is a choice’ just further victimises people: I'm choosing to have a hard time!
    • We see women who are the most victimized people in our society.
    • They have to be careful that innocent persons are not victimised.
    • I made a decision to speak up against an unjust law in Florida because I was victimized by that law.
    • It is our duty and the duty of every decent human to make sure this vermin is no more and that no more innocent decent people are victimized.
    • Reports that he felt victimized by racism at some point in his life don't unto themselves make his race relevant.
    • So to redefine these people out of the system is not particularly fair and we think that victimises these people.
    • They also accused management of swindling public funds and victimising workers who had complained.
    Synonyms
    exploit, prey on, take advantage of, swindle, dupe, cheat, trick, hoodwink, double-cross, defraud
 
 
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