victimize

English

Alternative forms

• victimise (non-Oxford British English)

Etymology

From victim +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪktɪmaɪz/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Verb

victimize (third-person singular simple present victimizes, present participle victimizing, simple past and past participle victimized)

1. To make someone a victim or sacrifice.
2. To punish someone unjustly.
3. To swindle or defraud someone.

Derived terms

• self-victimize
• victimization
• victimizer

Translations

to make someone a victim or sacrifice

• Bulgarian: жертвам (žertvam)
• Catalan: victimitzar
• French: victimiser (fr), victimer (fr)
• Galician: vitimizar
• Georgian: მსხვერპლად ქცევა (msxverṗlad kceva), მსხვერპლად შეწირვა (msxverṗlad šec̣irva)
• German: viktimisieren, zum Opfer machen, opfern (de)
• Italian: vittimizzare
• Portuguese: vitimar, vitimizar
• Serbo-Croatian: viktimizirati (sh)
• Spanish: victimizar (es)

to punish someone unjustly

• Bulgarian: измъчвам (bg) (izmǎčvam)
• German: schikanieren (de), ungerecht behandeln, ungerechterweise bestrafen
• Portuguese: injustiçar (pt)

defraud — see defraud