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- pronunciation:
- vIk
tihm
- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
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noun |
| definition 1: |
A victim is a person who has been hurt, injured, or killed by another person or group. Also, we sometimes call people victims if they have been hurt by a very bad thing like a war, a terrible storm, or a disease.
The victim told the police that the person who attacked him was wearing a brown T-shirt.The victims of the tornado lost their homes and everything they had.- similar words:
- case, goat, object, patient, sufferer
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| definition 2: |
A victim is someone who has been tricked or cheated.
Poor Mr. Kelly was a victim of a scheme that cheated people and took their money.- similar words:
- fool, mark, prey, target
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| related words: |
patient, prey |
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