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victimize Definition

vic·tim·ize (vik′tə mīz′)

transitive verb -·ized′, -·iz′·ing

to make a victim of; specif.,

  1. to kill, destroy, injure, harm, etc. as or like a sacrificial victim
  2. to dupe or cheat

victimize Related Forms
vic′·timi·za′·tion noun vic′·tim·iz′er noun
victimize Synonyms

victimize

v.

cheat, swindle, dupe, trick, fool; see also deceive.

victimize Usage Examples

Object

  • people: Thus, world opinion will sway to the side of the victimized people.
  • woman: After a three week strike, the company was forced to make significant concessions including the re-employment the three victimized women.
  • group: They are the single most frequently victimized group of all television characters.
  • community: While the people who were killed may have meant no harm, their nature victimized the community.
  • company: It may also create incentives for criminals to victimize the same company again in the belief that no punishment will be forthcoming.

Subject

  • event: It is peace that is aggressive; rather than being victimized by events, it attacks them and gobbles them up.

Modifying Another Word

  • similarly: Also, 15 percent of those wounded -- 72 out of 467 -- were similarly victimized.
  • so: Other than women I've never come across a group so victimized.

Preposition: by

  • event: It is peace that is aggressive; rather than being victimized by events, it attacks them and gobbles them up.