victim
∞
1.5
- noun
- /ˈvɪktɪm/
- After the robbery, the victim reported the incident to the police and wrote down a description of the thief.
- victims of bullying
- victims of crime
- identify victims
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Watch on YouTubeThey're going to play the victim role and attack you.
- They're going to play the victim role and attack you.
- And you've really been a victim of, of circumstances.
- And as we wait, we keep the victims families in our prayers.
- OK, Denial, attack, reversing victim and offender, DARVO.
- Now, you do not treat a victim of sexual abuse that way.
- They're, they're using their victims as the means to an end.
- He was literally the victim of his own success.
- Do they do enough to support victims of what you've gone through?
- I don't want to do that victim pouty pants.
- And now you tell us, your victims, that we must heal.
- So, and, and that's how victims feel is by talking.
- I said that's this case is your victim that you shot.
Examples
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Students may find it less objectionable to identify victims of bullying than to identify classmates who are bullying others.
Academic text (2011) -
The counselors determined that only 10 of the students could be confirmed as victims of bullying.
Academic text (2011) -
Then it becomes the decision of the victim whether to accept this other god in his life.
Fiction book (1990) -
The print we lifted from the victim is from your son.
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You always thought of yourself as a victim.
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Did you get the victim's autopsy report?
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Likewise, students should be taught to support the victim rather than the bully.
Academic text (2011) -
As a result, the number of students who are actually victims of bullying may be overestimated.
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I've been a victim of my own ignorance.
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The charity provided support to the victim of the house fire and helped her find temporary housing.
Synonyms
60
5.6
A person who others attack, trick, or make fun of
52
9.9
A person who is hurt or robbed in a crime
14
7.0
A person who is easily tricked into believing false things
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5.5
A person who is physically harmed by an accident or crime
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3.7
A person who endures hardship to support a belief or cause
Idioms
- Offensive
1
8.5
To pretend to be treated unfairly to get sympathy or avoid blame
Compounds
- Offensive
A person who often pretends to suffer to get attention or personal gain
How Harmed
581
4.8
∞
1.5
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word victim comes from the old Latin word victima, which meant a 'sacrificed animal' or a person given up in a religious ceremony. Picture someone offered or harmed, and you can see why today a victim is a person who suffers harm, injury, or loss, the same idea as in the word sacrifice.