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 Definitions of victim  [ˈvɪk təm]  

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Definition of 'victim' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) victim
a person who suffers from a destructive or injurious action or agency:
war victims.

2.  victim
a person who is deceived or cheated:
the victims of a fraudulent scheme.

3.  victim
a living creature sacrificed in religious rites.

Etymology:  (1490–1500; < L victima sacrificial animal)

Definition of 'victim' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) victim
an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance

2. (noun) victim, dupe
a person who is tricked or swindled


Definition of 'victim' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) victim
sb who has suffered or died as a result of sth bad happening
the murder victim; victims of violent crime; earthquake victims; a victim of age discrimination


Definition of 'victim' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) victim
a living being sacrificed to some deity, or in the performance of a religious rite; a creature immolated, or made an offering of

2. (noun) victim
a person or thing destroyed or sacrificed in the pursuit of an object, or in gratification of a passion; as, a victim to jealousy, lust, or ambition

3. (noun) victim
a person or living creature destroyed by, or suffering grievous injury from, another, from fortune or from accident; as, the victim of a defaulter; the victim of a railroad accident

4. (noun) victim
hence, one who is duped, or cheated; a dupe; a gull


Translation of 'victim' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a person who receives ill-treatment, injury etc
a murder victim; Food is being sent to the victims of the disaster.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: slagoffer Arabic flag Arabic: ضَحِيَّه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: жертва
Brazilian flag Brazilian: vítima Czech flag Czech: oběť German flag German: das Opfer
Danish flag Danish: offer; -offer Greek flag Greek: θύμα Spanish flag Spanish: víctima
Estonian flag Estonian: ohver Farsi flag Farsi: قربانی Finnish flag Finnish: uhri
French flag French: victime Hebrew flag Hebrew: קוֹרבָּן Hindi flag Hindi: शिकार
Croatian flag Croatian: žrtva Hungarian flag Hungarian: áldozat Indonesian flag Indonesian: korban
Icelandic flag Icelandic: fórnarlamb Italian flag Italian: vittima Japanese flag Japanese: 犠牲者
Korean flag Korean: 희생자 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: auka, nukentėjusysis Latvian flag Latvian: upuris
Malay flag Malay: mangsa Dutch flag Dutch: slachtoffer Norwegian flag Norwegian: offer,–rammet
Polish flag Polish: ofiara Portuguese flag Portuguese: vítima Romanian flag Romanian: vic­ti­mă
Russian flag Russian: жертва Slovak flag Slovak: obeť Slovenian flag Slovenian: žrtev
Serbian flag Serbian: žrtva Swedish flag Swedish: offer Thai flag Thai: เหยื่อ
Turkish flag Turkish: kurban Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 受害人 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: жертва
Urdu flag Urdu: شکار، متاثرہ فرد Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: nạn nhân Chinese flag Chinese: 受害人

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