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noun
1.
a person who suffers from a destructive or injurious action or agency: a victim of an automobile accident.
2.
a person who is deceived or cheated, as by his or her own emotions or ignorance, by the dishonesty of others, or by some impersonal agency: a victim of misplaced confidence; the victim of a swindler; a victim of an optical illusion.
3.
a person or animal sacrificed or regarded as sacrificed: war victims.
4.
a living creature sacrificed in religious rites.
Origin:
1490–1500; < Latin victima sacrificial animal
1490–1500; < Latin victima sacrificial animal
Related forms
vic·tim·hood, noun
vic·tim·less, adjective
non·vic·tim, noun
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