victimize
/'viktimaiz/ Cách viết khác : (victimise) /'viktimaiz/
Definition
- Verb (transitive):
- To treat someone unfairly or make them suffer, especially by deceiving them or taking advantage of their trust. This involves causing someone to become a victim of a harmful, dishonest, or unjust act.
- To single someone out for cruel or unjust treatment. This meaning focuses on punishing or targeting a person or group unfairly.
Examples of Usage
- Verb:
- The scam artists victimize elderly people by pretending to be from their bank.
- He felt the company had victimized him by firing him without a valid reason.
- Bullies often victimize those who seem weaker or different.
Advanced Usage
- "to be victimized by": to suffer harm or injustice from a specific person, system, or situation.
- Many homeowners were victimized by the fraudulent loan scheme.
- In passive voice: The word is frequently used in the passive form ("be victimized") to emphasize the experience of the person suffering the harm.
- She was repeatedly victimized by online harassment.
Variants and Related Words
- Victimization (noun): The act or process of victimizing someone; the state of being victimized.
- The report studied the victimization of minority groups.
- Victimizer (noun): A person who victimizes others.
- The police are searching for the victimizer behind the phishing emails.
Synonyms
- Swindle: To cheat someone out of money or property.
- Defraud: To illegally obtain money from someone by deception.
- Exploit: To use someone unfairly for one's own advantage.
- Persecute: To subject someone to hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of their race, religion, or political beliefs.
Related Phrasal Verbs/Constructions
(Note: "Victimize" itself does not commonly form phrasal verbs. Its meaning is typically expressed through the simple verb or the construction "victimize [someone].")
Related Idioms
- To fall victim to: To be harmed or affected by something bad. (This idiom uses the noun "victim," not the verb "victimize," but is closely related in meaning.)
- He fell victim to a sophisticated investment fraud.
Verb
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deprive of by deceit
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He swindled me out of my inheritance
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She defrauded the customers who trusted her
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the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change
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punish unjustly
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make a victim of
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I was victimized by this con-man
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