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English

Verb

To make someone a victim or sacrifice
To punish someone unjustly
To swindle or defraud someone

Translations

Portuguese: vitimar

Category:English transitive verbs

fa:victimize io:victimize ta:victimize te:victimize vi:victimize zh:victimize

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Victimize \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.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet victimize
v 1: make a victim of; "I was victimized by this con-man" [syn: victimise]
2: punish unjustly [syn: victimise]
3: 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" [syn: swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle,
bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, con]

Moby Dictionary
bamboozle , beat , beguile of , beset , bilk , bleed , bleed white ,
bully , bunco , burn , cheat , chisel , chouse , chouse out of ,
circumvent , clip , cog , cog the dice , con , cozen , crib , deceive ,
defraud , diddle , do in , do out of , dupe , elude , euchre , evade ,
exploit , finagle , flam , fleece , flimflam , fob , foil , fool ,
frustrate , fudge , get around , get round , give the runaround ,
give the slip , go after , go one better , gouge , gull , gyp , harass ,
harry , have , hoax , hocus , hocus-pocus , hold up , hoodwink , hound ,
hunt , immolate , molest , mulct , oppress , outfigure , outflank ,
outfox , outgeneral , outguess , outmaneuver , outplay , outreach ,
outsmart , outwit , overcharge , overprice , overreach , overtax ,
pack the deal , pass the buck , persecute , pick on , pigeon ,
practice fraud upon , prey on , profiteer , pursue , rook , scam , screw ,
sell gold bricks , shaft , shave , shortchange , skin , snooker , soak ,
stack the cards , stick , sting , stonewall , suck in , surcharge ,
swindle , take a dive , take advantage of , take in , thimblerig ,
throw a fight , torment , trick , use