to victimize
70
6.0
- verb
- /ˈvɪk.tɪ.maɪz/
- US
:
victimizar
- Rates of absenteeism are higher among victimized students than among non-bullied peers, as are drop-out rates.
- victimized by crime
- sexually victimized
- victimize women
It's that you're priming them to be victimized by someone.
- It's that you're priming them to be victimized by someone.
- They can victimize you, steal from you, physically hurt you.
- The real world is if you're not strong, you'll be victimized.
- You either spend the rest of your life trying to get proof that you got victimized.
- Well, you're absolutely right, James, but that doesn't give these people the right to demonise and victimise other people.
- They're terrified to take risks, terrified and they victimize themselves.
- I should have been is a way of kind of victimizing yourself to something.
Examples
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The strong do not victimize the helpless.
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The fraudster tried to victimize vulnerable elderly people by convincing them to invest in fake schemes.
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So people can feel, Oh yes, we are all being victimized by those people.
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And what naturally happens, if not regulated, is that there will be others who will victimize and exploit these people.
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The state has a listening problem when it comes to victimized individuals.
Academic text (2017) -
They can victimize you, steal from you, physically hurt you.
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The social work profession must work to ensure that the human rights of those victimized are respected.
Academic text (2008) -
He's helped lots of people who have been victimized.
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Traffickers must be penalized rather than those who are victimized by them.
Academic text (2008) -
Many workers believe that their employer will victimize them if they speak out about unsafe conditions.
Synonyms
344
3.7
To treat a person or animal cruelly to harm them
152
6.5
To treat people cruelly or unfairly using power to limit their rights
145
6.7
To frighten someone very much by using threats or violence
98
7.0
To treat someone badly for a long time because of their race, religion or political beliefs
68
3.8
To scare or hurt someone, often someone weaker
63
2.9
To be cruel to people or animals
34
7.7
Treat someone cruelly with violence or make them numb to suffering
24
7.5
To treat a person as if they are not human and take away their dignity
3
7.4
To be cruel to a person or animal
2
8.4
To treat people in a cruel and unfair way
1
8.8
Treat people badly and ignore their feelings or rights
1
8.0
To use a person or thing to get benefit while giving little back
Behave towards a person or animal in a cruel, unfair way
Antonyms
How Harmful
- Offensive
582
5.7
- NSFW
107
7.2
- NSFW
344
3.7
- US
70
6.0
63
2.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Victimize comes from victim and the ending -ize, and victim once meant a person or animal given as a 'sacrifice'. So, to victimize someone is to make them a 'victim' — to hurt or treat them unfairly.