Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
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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