The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
VICTIMIZE
victimize, victimise
(verb) punish unjustly
victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, hornswoggle, short-change, con
(verb) deprive of by deceit; “He swindled me out of my inheritance”; “She defrauded the customers who trusted her”;
victimize, victimise
(verb) make a victim of; “I was victimized by this con-man”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
victimize (third-person singular simple present victimizes, present participle victimizing, simple past and past participle victimized)
To make someone a victim or sacrifice.
To punish someone unjustly.
To swindle or defraud someone.
Source: Wiktionary
Vic"tim*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Victimized; p. pr. & vb. n. Victimizing.]
Definition: To make a victim of, esp. by deception; to dupe; to cheat.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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