What does victimize mean?
Victimize means (transitive) To make (someone) a victim or sacrifice..
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/ˈvɪktɪmaɪz/ · verb
(transitive) To make (someone) a victim or sacrifice..
Yet, even as Democratic party leadership has decried this mass deportation plan and even as the bill maligns Democrats as victimizing Americans through its policy of “open borders,” 48 Democratic members of Congress voted for this GOP-backed bill.
Use victimize when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Victimize means (transitive) To make (someone) a victim or sacrifice..
Common synonyms include victimise.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Yet, even as Democratic party leadership has decried this mass deportation plan and even as the bill maligns Democrats as victimizing Americans through its policy of “open borders,” 48 Democratic members of Congress voted for this GOP-backed bill.
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