About The Word Victimize

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Victimize

Victimize Meaning & Definition
Victimize Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Victimize?

[v] punish unjustly
[v] 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"
[v] make a victim of; "I was victimized by this con-man"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Victimize: bunco | con | defraud | diddle | goldbrick | gyp | mulct | nobble | rook | scam | swindle | victimise

Related Terms | Find terms related to Victimize:

See Also | beat | cheat | chisel | cozen | deceive | delude | lead on | penalise | penalize | punish | rip off | short | short-change | wrong

Victimize In Webster's Dictionary

\Vic"tim*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Victimized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Victimizing}.] To make a victim of, esp. by deception; to dupe; to cheat.

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