VICTIM

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VICTIMn.
Websters Unabridged Dictionary (1913) • 1913
A living being sacrificed to some deity, or in the performance of a religious rite; a creature immolated, or made an offering of. Led like a victim, to my death I'll go. Dryden. A person or thing destroyed or sacrificed in the pursuit of an object, or in gratification of a passion; as, a victim to jealousy, lust, or ambition. A person or living creature destroyed by, or suffering grievous injury from, another, from fortune or from accident; as, the victim of a defaulter; the victim of a railroad accident. Hence, one who is duped, or cheated; a dupe; a gull. [Colloq.]
victimnoun
Wiktionary (English) • 2026
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One that is harmed—killed, injured, subjected to oppression, deceit, or otherwise adversely affected—by someone or something, especially another person or event, force, or condition; in particular | One that is harmed—killed, injured, subjected to oppression, deceit, or otherwise adversely affected—by someone or something, especially another person or event, force, or condition; in particular: | One who is harmed or killed by a crime or scam. | One that is harmed—killed, injured, subjected to oppression, deceit, or otherwise adversely affected—by someone or something, especially another person or event, force, or condition; in particular: | One who is harmed or killed by an accident or illness. | One that is harmed—killed, injured, subjected to oppression, deceit, or otherwise adversely affected—by someone or something, especially another person or event, force, or condition; in particular: | One who is harmed or killed as a result of other people's biases, emotions or incompetence, or their own. | One that is harmed—killed, injured, subjected to oppression, deceit, or otherwise adversely affected—by someone or something, especially another person or event, force, or condition; in particular: | One who is harmed or killed as a result of a natural or man-made disaster or impersonal condition. | A living being which is slain and offered as a sacrifice, usually in a religious rite. | A living being which is slain and offered as a sacrifice, usually in a religious rite. | The transfigured body and blood of Christ in the Eucharist.
victimverb
Wiktionary (English) • 2026
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To make (something) a victim (especially of a ritual sacrifice); to victimize.

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