Meaning of VICTIMIZE
| Pronunciation: | | 'viktu`mIz
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- [v] punish unjustly
- [v] 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"
- [v] make a victim of; "I was victimized by this con-man"
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| | Synonyms: | | bunco, con, defraud, diddle, goldbrick, gyp, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, swindle, victimise |
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| | See Also: | | beat, cheat, chisel, cozen, deceive, delude, lead on, penalise, penalize, punish, rip off, short, short-change, wrong | |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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