Definition of VICTIM

victim

Plural: victims

Noun

  • A person harmed or killed by another or by an event.
  • an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance
  • a person who is tricked or swindled
  • One that is harmed—killed, injured, subjected to oppression, deceit, or otherwise adversely affected—by someone or something, especially another person or event, force, or condition; in particular
  • One that is harmed—killed, injured, subjected to oppression, deceit, or otherwise adversely affected—by someone or something, especially another person or event, force, or condition; in particular:
  • One who is harmed or killed by a crime or scam.
  • One that is harmed—killed, injured, subjected to oppression, deceit, or otherwise adversely affected—by someone or something, especially another person or event, force, or condition; in particular:
  • One who is harmed or killed by an accident or illness.
  • One that is harmed—killed, injured, subjected to oppression, deceit, or otherwise adversely affected—by someone or something, especially another person or event, force, or condition; in particular:
  • One who is harmed or killed as a result of other people's biases, emotions or incompetence, or their own.
  • One that is harmed—killed, injured, subjected to oppression, deceit, or otherwise adversely affected—by someone or something, especially another person or event, force, or condition; in particular:
  • One who is harmed or killed as a result of a natural or man-made disaster or impersonal condition.
  • A living being which is slain and offered as a sacrifice, usually in a religious rite.
  • A living being which is slain and offered as a sacrifice, usually in a religious rite.
  • The transfigured body and blood of Christ in the Eucharist.

Verb

  • To make (something) a victim (especially of a ritual sacrifice); to victimize.

Examples

  • He was a victim of his own poor tile luck, unable to form any high-scoring words.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle French victime, from Latin victima (“sacrificial animal”).

Synonyms

dupe, injured party

Scrabble Score: 13

victim: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
victim: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
victim: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

victim: valid Words With Friends Word