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