Victim Definition

vĭktĭm
victims
noun
victims
A person or animal killed as a sacrifice to a god in a religious rite.
Webster's New World
Someone or something killed, destroyed, injured, oppressed, or otherwise harmed by, or suffering from, some act, condition, or circumstance.
Victims of war.
Webster's New World
One who is harmed by or made to suffer under a circumstance or condition.
Victims of war; victims of an epidemic; victims of poverty.
American Heritage
A person who suffers some loss, as by being swindled.
Webster's New World

An unfortunate person who suffers from a disaster or other adverse circumstance.

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Other Word Forms of Victim

Noun

Singular:
victim
Plural:
victims

Origin of Victim

  • from the Latin victima, sacrificial animal

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin victima

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Victim Sentence Examples

  • You stopped Otto's next victim from being abducted.

  • After all, he was the victim, not the perp.

  • You were the victim of someone who couldn't see what was right before him.

  • Do you have a victim list?

  • He recognized the grandson as the victim of the earlier abduction on which he'd reported.

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Words Starting With

VVIVIC

Words Ending With

MIMTIM

Unscrambles

victim

Words Starting With V and Ending With M

Starts With V & Ends With MStarts With VI & Ends With MStarts With V & Ends With IM

Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With V6 Letter Words Ending With M