What is the meaning of victimized?

Make a victim of.
- usage: "I was victimized by this con-man"
- synonyms: victimize, victimise
Punish unjustly.
- synonyms: victimize, victimise
Deprive of by deceit.
- usage: "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: victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con

Of persons; taken advantage of.
- usage: "after going out of his way to help his friend get the job he felt not appreciated but used"
- synonyms: exploited, ill-used, put-upon, used, victimised

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APA	WordNet. (2010). victimized. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/victimized/definitions/1187882
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