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victim |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Victim \Vic"tim\, n. [L. victima: cf F. victime.] 1. A living being sacrificed to some deity, or in the performance of a religious rite; a creature immolated, or made an offering of Led like a victim, to my death I'll go --Dryden. 2. 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. 3. 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. 4. Hence one who is duped, or cheated; a dupe; a gull. [Colloq.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: victim n 1: an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance 2: a person who is tricked or swindled [syn: {dupe}]
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