Definition of play the martyr
:to act like someone who deserves admiration or sympathy because of being badly treated
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play
play
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: swordplay
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: game, sport
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: the conduct, course, or action of a game
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: to engage in sport or recreation : frolic
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: to have sexual relations
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: to move aimlessly about : trifle
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martyr
play
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: a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion
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: a person who sacrifices something of great value and especially life itself for the sake of principle
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: victim
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: to put to death for adhering to a belief, faith, or profession
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: to inflict agonizing pain on : torture
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