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vic·tim     (vĭk'tĭm)  Pronunciation Key 
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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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