victimize

English

Alternative forms

victimise (British)

Etymology

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvɪktɪmaɪz/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

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.

Derived terms

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

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