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Victims ˈvɪktɪm Killed Person Innocent Noun Bre Murder/Rape

Word victim
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / ˈvɪktɪm / NAmE / ˈvɪktɪm /
Example
  • murder/rape, etc. victims
  • accident/earthquake/famine, etc. victims
  • aids/cancer/stroke, etc. victims
  • victims of crime
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victim

(noun)BrE / ˈvɪktɪm / NAmE / ˈvɪktɪm /
  1. a person who has been attacked, injured or killed as the result of a crime, a disease, an accident, etc.
    • murder/rape, etc. victims
    • accident/earthquake/famine, etc. victims
    • AIDS/cancer/stroke, etc. victims
    • victims of crime
    • She was the innocent victim of an arson attack.
    • Schools are the latest victims of cuts in public spending.
  2. a person who has been tricked
    • synonym target
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/target_1
    • They were the victims of a cruel hoax.
  3. an animal or a person that is killed and offered as a sacrifice
    • a sacrificial victim
  4. to be injured, damaged or killed by something
    • Many plants have fallen victim to the sudden frost.

    Extra Examples

    • Boys are the primary victims of corporal punishment.
    • He defrauded his innocent victims of millions of pounds.
    • He managed to lure victims into his car.
    • He targeted younger victims, often single women.
    • Her son fell victim to tuberculosis.
    • 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.
    • She’s a fashion victim.
    • 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 small company became a victim of its own success when it could not supply all its orders on time.
    • 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.
    • Tourists are easy victims for pickpockets.
    • Unfortunately, she fell victim to an unscrupulous landlord.
    • 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
    • ways to avoid becoming a victim of fraud
    • 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.
    • She defrauded her unsuspecting victims of millions of pounds.
    • accident/earthquake/famine victims
    • murder/rape victims

    Word Origin

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