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Examples of victimize in a Sentence
They were victimized because of their religion.
victimized by a confidence man with a slick story
Recent Examples on the Web
Then, in November, a jewelry store employee was victimized in another attack in Orange County.
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Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
Half of the deaths are preventable, victimizing women from a variety of races, backgrounds, educations and income levels.
—Robin Fields, ProPublica, 5 Apr. 2024
The only thing that’s missing is a tirade on how ever-increasing screen sizes are victimizing me, a person with small hands.
—Sarah Jeong, The Verge, 22 Mar. 2024
With little more than a phone and a convincing script, cartel employees are victimizing people across multiple countries.
—Maria Abi-Habib, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
In 2020, Waithe, who was no longer at the school, then began starting fake social accounts and victimized or attempted to victimize at least 128 women, including some of the same student-athletes at Northeastern, prosecutors said.
—Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 9 Mar. 2024
This week, the department released a video of an interview an officer conducted with a University of Utah women’s basketball booster who called police to report that a group of racists revving truck engines and yelling slurs victimized players on the team.
—Alexandra Duggan and, Idaho Statesman, 31 Mar. 2024
In Bell’s case, experts who study gender and psychology said that onlookers often struggle to recognize that a perpetrator can also have been a victim, even though perpetrators have often been victimized in the past.
—Kat Tenbarge, NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024
The implication was that Clanton had been victimized at Turning Point.
—Jane Mayer, The New Yorker, 29 Feb. 2024
Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
Half of the deaths are preventable, victimizing women from a variety of races, backgrounds, educations and income levels.
—Robin Fields, ProPublica, 5 Apr. 2024
The only thing that’s missing is a tirade on how ever-increasing screen sizes are victimizing me, a person with small hands.
—Sarah Jeong, The Verge, 22 Mar. 2024
With little more than a phone and a convincing script, cartel employees are victimizing people across multiple countries.
—Maria Abi-Habib, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
In 2020, Waithe, who was no longer at the school, then began starting fake social accounts and victimized or attempted to victimize at least 128 women, including some of the same student-athletes at Northeastern, prosecutors said.
—Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 9 Mar. 2024
This week, the department released a video of an interview an officer conducted with a University of Utah women’s basketball booster who called police to report that a group of racists revving truck engines and yelling slurs victimized players on the team.
—Alexandra Duggan and, Idaho Statesman, 31 Mar. 2024
In Bell’s case, experts who study gender and psychology said that onlookers often struggle to recognize that a perpetrator can also have been a victim, even though perpetrators have often been victimized in the past.
—Kat Tenbarge, NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024
The implication was that Clanton had been victimized at Turning Point.
—Jane Mayer, The New Yorker, 29 Feb. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1830, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Victimize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/victimize. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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vic·tim·ize
ˈvik-tə-ˌmīz 
victimized; victimizing
: to make a victim of especially by cheating
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