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victim

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vic⋅tim

  [vik-tim]
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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; < L victima sacrificial animal

Related forms:
vic⋅tim⋅hood, noun
vic⋅tim⋅less, adjective
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vic·tim   (vĭk'tĭm)   
n.  

  1. One who is harmed or killed by another: a victim of a mugging.

  2. A living creature slain and offered as a sacrifice during a religious rite.

  3. One who is harmed by or made to suffer from an act, circumstance, agency, or condition: victims of war.

  4. A person who suffers injury, loss, or death as a result of a voluntary undertaking: You are a victim of your own scheming.

  5. A person who is tricked, swindled, or taken advantage of: the victim of a cruel hoax.


[Latin victima.]
vic'tim·hood' (-hŏŏd') n.
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