- (n.) Hence, one who is duped or cheated; a dupe; a gull.
- (n.) A person or thing destroyed or sacrificed in the pursuit of an object or in gratification of a passion; as, a victim to jealousy, lust or ambition.
- (n.) A person or living creature destroyed by or suffering grievous injury from, another, from fortune or from accident; as, the victim of a defaulter; the victim of a railroad accident.
- (n.) A living being sacrificed to some deity or in the performance of a religious rite; a creature immolated or made an offering of.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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