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English Dictionary: victimize by the DICT Development Group
2 results for victimize
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
victimize
v
  1. make a victim of; "I was victimized by this con-man" [syn: victimize, victimise]
  2. punish unjustly
    Synonym(s): victimize, victimise
  3. deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"
    Synonym(s): victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Victimize \Vic"tim*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Victimized}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Victimizing}.]
      To make a victim of, esp. by deception; to dupe; to cheat.
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