victimize verb
also British victimise /ˈvɪktəˌmaɪz/ victimizes; victimized; victimizing
also British victimise /ˈvɪktəˌmaɪz/ victimizes; victimized; victimizing
Learner's definition of VICTIMIZE
[+ object]
1
: to treat (someone) cruelly or unfairly迫害,不公正地对待(某人) 2
chiefly US : to make a victim of (someone) : to harm or commit a crime against (someone)使(某人)成为受害者 -
people who have been victimized by thieves/theft [=people who are the victims of thieves; people who have been robbed]被小偷偷了东西的人
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More than a dozen elderly women were victimized [=swindled] by the con artist.十多个老年妇女都上了那个行骗老手的当。
— victimization
also British victimisation /ˌvɪktəməˈzeɪʃən/ Brit /ˌvɪktəˌmaɪˈzeɪʃən/ noun [noncount]