Victims ˈvɪktɪm Innocent Person Killed Millions Extra Examples

• murder/rape victims
• she was the innocent victim of an arson attack.
• victims of crime/abuse/violence
• the alleged victim of a serious assault

victim

1. a person who has been attacked, injured or killed as the result of a crime, a disease, an accident, etc.
• murder/rape victims
• She was the innocent victim of an arson attack.
• victims of crime/abuse/violence
• the alleged victim of a serious assault
• Several countries have pledged millions of dollars to help the victims of the tsunami .
• The team will try to identify potential victims of domestic violence.
• accident/disaster victims
• flood/earthquake/hurricane victims
• AIDS/cancer/stroke/heart attack victims
• families/relatives of the victims
• expressions of sympathy for the victims and their families
• He made a victim impact statement to the court.

Extra Examples

• Boys are the primary victims of corporal punishment.
• He managed to lure victims into his car.
• He targeted younger victims, often single women.
• In his fantasies, women became passive and sometimes even willing victims.
• In his trial, he tried to portray himself as the victim of an uncaring society.
• Not all victims have been identified yet.
• Stop playing the victim—you knew exactly what was happening.
• The cut in benefits for the unemployed is a classic case of blaming the victim.
• The government is sending aid to flood victims.
• The helpline takes calls from child-abuse victims.
• The intended victims were selected because they seemed vulnerable.
• The train crash claimed its tenth victim yesterday when the driver died in hospital.
• The victim suffered severe cuts to the upper lip.
• This victim mentality is sadly all too prevalent in our country.
• a bill aimed at compensating victims of air pollution
• a service to remember the victims of the terrorist attacks
• groups claiming victim status
• the child victims of the war
• the failure to protect domestic-violence victims
• A new programme will assist stroke victims for whom mobility has become difficult.
• AIDS victims are prone to pick up infections.
• He shouldn't feel ashamed—he was an innocent victim.
2. a person who has been tricked
• SYNONYM target
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• They were the victims of a cruel hoax.
• The site offers help and advice for anyone who has been the victim of a scam.

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• ways to avoid becoming a victim of fraud
• She defrauded her unsuspecting victims of millions of pounds.
• He defrauded his innocent victims of millions of pounds.
• Tourists are easy victims for pickpockets.
3. a person or thing that is badly affected by a situation, a decision, etc.
• Schools are the latest victims of cuts in public spending.
• The small company became a victim of its own success when it could not supply all its orders on time.
4. an animal or a person that is killed and offered as a sacrifice
• a sacrificial victim
5. to be injured, cheated, damaged or killed by somebody/something
• Many plants have fallen victim to the sudden frost.

Extra Examples

• Her son fell victim to tuberculosis.
• Unfortunately, she fell victim to an unscrupulous landlord.

Word Origin

• late 15th cent. (denoting a creature killed as a religious sacrifice): from Latin victima.