fall victim to
idiom
1
: to be attacked, injured, or killed by (someone or something)
Police think she may have fallen victim to a serial killer.
2
: to be affected badly by (something)
She fell victim to the flu.
He fell victim to a scam.
schools falling victim to budget cuts
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Or will preparedness fall victim to the political theater of cutting anything that can be portrayed as extravagant or redundant?
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Zeynep Tufekci, Mercury News, 10 July 2025
Not that any of you would fall victim to that Beelzebubian voice . . .
—Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
The company’s lucrative agreement with former Club holding Alphabet to make Google Search the default search engine on iPhones could fall victim to the Justice Department’s antitrust actions against Alphabet.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 23 May 2025
The Pittsburgh Steelers — who announced their signing of Rodgers on Thursday night — should have remembered Gutekunst’s words before becoming the latest team to fall victim to the powerful drug called nostalgia.
—Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
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Zeynep Tufekci, Mercury News, 10 July 2025
Not that any of you would fall victim to that Beelzebubian voice . . .
—Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
The company’s lucrative agreement with former Club holding Alphabet to make Google Search the default search engine on iPhones could fall victim to the Justice Department’s antitrust actions against Alphabet.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 23 May 2025
The Pittsburgh Steelers — who announced their signing of Rodgers on Thursday night — should have remembered Gutekunst’s words before becoming the latest team to fall victim to the powerful drug called nostalgia.
—Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
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“Fall victim to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fall%20victim%20to. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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