Definitions for victim

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victim vic·tim

Spelling: [vik-tim]

IPA: /ˈvɪk tɪm/

Victim is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 53 anagrams from letters in victim (ciimtv).

Definitions for victim

noun

1. a person who suffers from a destructive or injurious action or agency:
2. a person who is deceived or cheated, as by his or her own emotions or ignorance, by the dishonesty of others, or by some impersonal agency:
3. a person or animal sacrificed or regarded as sacrificed:
4. a living creature sacrificed in religious rites.

Origin of victim

First recorded in 1490-1500, victim is from the Latin word victima sacrificial animal

Examples for victim

Between him and her as the victim of the law, there could be no hesitation for choice.

"You'll have to cut down your victim before I get there," grinned Chip.

He had been defied, trapped, made a victim of the gang who had killed his most valued informer.

He was not naturally bad, but he had fallen a victim to sudden temptation.

Major John Postell had been pitched upon as the first victim.

Non-students (at 3.1 per 1,000) were 1.5 times more likely to be a victim of a completed rape than students (2.0 per 1,000).

Men ages 18 to 24 enrolled in college were more likely to become a victim.

Breitbart forced her to correct a small part of her story, but witch hunts like these will leave every victim cowering.

And in so many of these events, the pattern of “blame the victim” was quickly in evidence.

The victim, whom The Daily Beast is not naming, asked what Williams wanted and the pastor allegedly “reached in and grabbed him.”