victimize
verb (used with object)
to make a victim of.
victimise
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a variation of
victimize.
Example Sentences
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"People should not victimise the ships. When you victimise the ship, you victimise the seafarers also, who are innocent people," he says.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2026
"It was my way to protect myself, not victimise myself and give me some disassociation, it was like building a bubble."
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2024
"The presumption of innocence is a constitutional right. You cannot victimise or blame anyone."
From Reuters ● Sep. 6, 2023
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, head of the CoE and spiritual leader of the global Anglican communion, has urged Anglican church leaders not to victimise homosexuals.
From Reuters ● Apr. 21, 2023
But in this half-natured, half-trained, doubtfully-conditioned state of society, though the generous would be incited to noble deeds, the sordid would lay their vulture claws on the world, and the unprincipled victimise their fellows.
From A Logic Of Facts Or, Every-day Reasoning by George Jacob Holyoake
