victimize
verb (used with object)
to make a victim of.
victimizer
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a word derived from
victimize.
Example Sentences
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“The victimizer might have knocked you down, but it is the victim that has to get up.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
But it helps put it into a global context in which the roles of victim and victimizer seldom fall neatly along a color line.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 2, 2022
However, she believes Mack "needs to be held accountable, and she was also a victimizer."
From Fox News ● Apr. 30, 2021
It's about reversing who's the victim and the victimizer.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2020
"I should answer, without hesitation, sacrifice yourself, mademoiselle, if it were not that I should then be forced to play the painful part of victimizer."
From The Lesser Bourgeoisie by Honoré de Balzac
