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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