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How to pronounce victimize in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms victimise
Type of wrong
Has types rip off, cheat, chisel, cozen, deceive, delude, lead on
Derivation victim, victimization, victimizer


I was victimized by this con-man.
Type Words
Synonyms bunco, con, defraud, diddle, goldbrick, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle
Type of chisel, cheat, rip off
Has types short-change, short
Derivation victimization
Type Words
Synonyms victimise
Type of punish, penalize, penalise
Derivation victim

Examples of victimize

victimize
They like to get revenge against those who use power and wealth to victimize others.
From the thestate.com
Irvine passed a narrower version focused on offenders who victimize minors.
From the ocregister.com
The truth is, there is a good chance Ferguson will victimize someone again.
From the sacbee.com
The reasoning is that doing so would further victimize and traumatize them.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Did you victimize these women, did you hurt these women, do you believe?
From the sacbee.com
In fact, more evidence the cops are here to victimize those they are supposed to serve.
From the infowars.com
Should we re-victimize all these women by telling them they are victims?
From the denverpost.com
Irvine, for example, passed a narrower version focusing on offenders who victimize minors.
From the ocregister.com
When they do break the law, they victimize other youth who are like them.
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More examples
  • Make a victim of; "I was victimized by this con-man"
  • Punish unjustly
  • Deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"
  • (victimized) exploited: of persons; taken advantage of; "after going out of his way to help his friend get the job he felt not appreciated but used"
  • (victimization) adversity resulting from being made a victim; "his victimization infuriated him"
  • Victimisation or victimization is the process of being victimised. According to Wiktionary, to victimise is to (1) make someone a victim or sacrifice (2) punish someone unjustly, or (3) swindle or defraud someone.
  • (Victimization) The account has been robbed or cleaned out by a thief. This could occur as the result of demand-draft, ATM-card, or debit-card fraud, theft associated with a rigged ATM machine, check forgery, an "account takeover," or phishing. ...
  • (VICTIMIZATION (MEANING)) Together with DRAMATIZATION and POLARIZATION, discourse on immigration and ethnic relations is largely organized by the binary US-THEM pair of ingroups and outgroups. ...
  • (Victimization) The process whereby a person suffers harm through the violation of national laws or of internationally recognised norms relating to human rights.