victim

The definition of a victim is a person who has had something bad happen to him.

(noun)

An example of a victim is a person who was killed or robbed or otherwise had a crime committed against him.
An example of a victim is a person who was cheated out of money by a scam.

See victim in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a person or animal killed as a sacrifice to a god in a religious rite
someone or something killed, destroyed, injured, or otherwise harmed by, or suffering from, some act, condition, or circumstance: victims of war
a person who suffers some loss, esp. by being swindled

Origin: L victima, victim, beast for sacrifice < IE base *weik-, to separate > OE wig, idol, wicce, witch

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See victim in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

One who is harmed or killed by another: a victim of a mugging.
A living creature slain and offered as a sacrifice during a religious rite.
One who is harmed by or made to suffer from an act, circumstance, agency, or condition: victims of war.
A person who suffers injury, loss, or death as a result of a voluntary undertaking: You are a victim of your own scheming.
A person who is tricked, swindled, or taken advantage of: the victim of a cruel hoax.

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Origin: Latin victima

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