| VERB | social | victimize, victimise | make a victim / victim of |
|---|---|---|---|
| social | victimize, victimise | punish unjustly | |
| social | victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, hornswoggle, short-change, con | deprive of by deceit |
| Sounds | vih'ktahmayz | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | actualize ... womanize: 266 rhymes with ayz... | |
| Meaning | make a victim / victim of. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "I was victimized by this con-man " | |
| Synonym | victimise | |
| 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 | |
| victimization | adversity resulting from being made a victim | |
| victimizer | a person who victimizes others | |
| Meaning | punish unjustly. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonym | victimise | |
| Broader | punish, penalize, penalise | impose a penalty on |
| Spanish | represaliar, victimizar | |
| Nouns | victim | an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance |
| victim | a person who is tricked or swindled | |
| Meaning | deprive of by deceit. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP | |
| Synonyms | swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, hornswoggle, short-change, con | |
| Narrower | short-change, short | cheat someone by not returning him enough money |
| Broader | cheat, rip off, chisel | deprive somebody of something by deceit |
| Spanish | dar gato por liebre, defraudar, embaucar, engañar, estafar, petardear, timar, victimizar | |
| Catalan | defraudar, entabanar, estafar | |
| Nouns | victimization | an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly) |
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