victimize

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verb

1. make a victim of (Freq. 2)
- I was victimized by this con-man
• Syn:
victimise
• Derivationally related forms:
victimisation (for: victimise), victimiser (for: victimise), victim (for: victimise), victimization, victimizer, victim
• Hypernyms:
wrong
• Hyponyms:
cheat, rip off, chisel, deceive, lead on,
delude, cozen
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. punish unjustly (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
victimise
• Derivationally related forms:
victim (for: victimise), victim
• Hypernyms:
punish, penalize, penalise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
3. deprive of by deceit
- He swindled me out of my inheritance
- She defrauded the customers who trusted her
- the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change
• Syn:
swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle,
bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip,
hornswoggle, short-change, con
• Derivationally related forms:
con (for: con), gyp (for: gyp), scammer (for: scam), scam (for: scam), defrauder (for: defraud), bunco (for: bunco), swindler (for: swindle), swindle (for: swindle), victimization
• Hypernyms:
cheat, rip off, chisel
• Hyponyms:
short-change, short
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody PP