Victimize
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈvɪktɪmaɪz/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Victimize is a verb meaning (transitive) To make (someone) a victim or sacrifice.
Meaning
(transitive) To make (someone) a victim or sacrifice.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To punish unjustly.
- (transitive) To swindle or defraud.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- victimizes
- victimizing
- victimized
- victimise
Synonyms for victimize
Depending on context, synonyms include victimise.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include victimise, victimate, devictimize, immolate, sacrifice, vulnerate.
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