VERB | social | victimise, victimize | make a victim / victim of |
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social | victimise, victimize | punish unjustly |
Meaning | make a victim / victim of. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
Synonym | victimize | |
Narrower | cheat, rip off, chisel | deprive somebody of something by deceit |
deceive, lead on, delude, cozen | Be false to | |
Broader | wrong | treat unjustly |
Spanish | victimizar | |
Nouns | victim | an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance |
victim | a person who is tricked or swindled | |
victimisation | an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly) | |
victimiser | a person who victimizes others |
Meaning | punish unjustly. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
Synonym | victimize | |
Broader | punish, penalize, penalise | impose a penalty on |
Spanish | represaliar, victimizar | |
Nouns | victim | an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance |
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