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.
