Definition of 'victimize'

Verb

1. make a victim of; "I was victimized by this con-man"
      Synonyms: victimise
2. punish unjustly
      Synonyms: victimise
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"
      Synonyms: swindle rook goldbrick nobble diddle bunco defraud scam mulct gyp gip hornswoggle short-change con

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