Entry Word: victim

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a person or thing harmed, lost, or destroyed <helped the victims of the fire> — see casualty 1
2 a person or thing that is the object of abuse, criticism, or ridicule <the victim of teasing in the schoolyard> — see target 1
3 something offered to a god <the Aztecs are believed to have sacrificed thousands of victims annually to the sun> — see sacrifice