Overview of verb victimize

The verb victimize has 3 senses

• victimize, victimise -- (make a victim of; "I was victimized by this con-man")


• victimize, victimise -- (punish unjustly)


• victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con -- (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")

Overview of adj victimized

The adj victimized has 1 sense

• exploited, ill-used, put-upon, used, victimized, victimised -- (of persons; taken advantage of; "after going out of his way to help his friend get the job he felt not appreciated but used")