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victimize
/ ˈvɪktɪˌmaɪz /
verb
- to punish or discriminate against selectively or unfairly
- to make a victim of
- to kill as or in a manner resembling a sacrificial victim
Derived Forms
- ˈvictimˌizer, noun
- ˌvictimiˈzation, noun
Other Words From
- vic·tim·i·za·tion [vik-t, uh, -m, uh, -, zey, -sh, uh, n] noun
- vic·tim·iz·er noun
- un·vic·tim·ized adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of victimize1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
This is an exceedingly dangerous mind-set that will victimize the whole country.
In this shocking abuse of power, Secretary Wilkie publicly re-victimized the very people that the agency that he leads is supposed to serve.
Many of the scams are the same, the crooks just switch to current events to victimize people, says Tony Anscombe, global cybersecurity expert and chief security evangelist at ESET, an IT security software and services company.
“It’s like you’re being victimized all over again,” Jacob said.
“It makes me sick to my stomach that criminals are using my name to victimize people,” Feldman said through a police spokesman.
About police brutality, and the militarization of American police, and how the two have paired to victimize, mostly, black men.
It says it has given Interpol the identities of the men who sought to victimize this little girl.
But, when you act on it and victimize innocent citizens and fellow innocen officers, than that is a concern.
But we have an entire language for the official ways in which you can victimize women.
There is a luxury in the idea that on the morrow you will start fresh game, and victimize your tailor for another.
It is the critic who stands between him and the public he would victimize.
Most trappers do not take into consideration the keen scent of the animal they hope to victimize.
Their mission is to deceive and victimize the American people.
If a man wants to do a mean action, let him not select a woman to victimize.
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