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victimize

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vic⋅tim⋅ize

  [vik-tuh-mahyz]
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–verb (used with object), -ized, -iz⋅ing.
1. to make a victim of.
2. to dupe, swindle, or cheat: to victimize poor widows.
3. to slay as or like a sacrificial victim.
Also, especially British, vic⋅tim⋅ise.

Origin:
1820–30; victim + -ize

Related forms:
vic⋅tim⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun
vic⋅tim⋅iz⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
2. defraud, fool, hoodwink, beguile. See cheat.
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vic·tim·ize   (vĭk'tə-mīz')   
tr.v.   vic·tim·ized, vic·tim·iz·ing, vic·tim·iz·es

  1. To subject to swindle or fraud.

  2. To make a victim of.

vic'tim·i·za'tion (-tə-mĭ-zā'shən) n., vic'tim·iz'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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