victim : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: victim	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for victim
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
victim n an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance a person who is tricked or swindled Synonym(s): victim, dupe
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Victim \Vic"tim\, n. [L. victima: cf. F. victime.] 1. A living being sacrificed to some deity, or in the performance of a religious rite; a creature immolated, or made an offering of. Led like a victim, to my death I'll go. --Dryden. 2. A person or thing destroyed or sacrificed in the pursuit of an object, or in gratification of a passion; as, a victim to jealousy, lust, or ambition. 3. A person or living creature destroyed by, or suffering grievous injury from, another, from fortune or from accident; as, the victim of a defaulter; the victim of a railroad accident. 4. Hence, one who is duped, or cheated; a dupe; a gull. [Colloq.]