victimize
verb (used with object)
to make a victim of.
victimizes
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present tense formof victimize (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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But this attitude victimizes the honorable students who don’t cheat and suffer from comparatively lower grades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
“Sending migrants to our cities, whose systems are over capacity, where they may struggle to find shelter and other services is wrong and further victimizes these most vulnerable individuals,” they wrote.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 11, 2023
“The strongest evidence deals with focusing on concentrations,” Mr. Stephens said, including crime that victimizes a small concentration of people.
From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2022
“This article further victimizes the very few number of survivors by asserting claims that even the author knows cannot be substantiated.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2021
If he victimizes you, you look upon him as upon a clever professor of legerdemain, who has cheated you in spite of your senses; but you hardly hold him morally responsible.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. by
