[vik-tim] 
| 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. |
