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Definition of 'victimize'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) victimize
to make a victim of.

2. victimize
to dupe, swindle, or cheat.

Etymology: (1820–30)

Definition of 'victimize'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) victimize, victimise
make a victim of
"I was victimized by this con-man"

2. (verb) victimize, victimise
punish unjustly

3. (verb) victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con
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"

Definition of 'victimize'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) victimize
to make a victim of, esp. by deception; to dupe; to cheat

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