as in to cheat
to rob by the use of trickery or threats
victimized by a confidence man with a slick story
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Recent Examples of victimize
Nicola relayed a story to reporters about a Kansas City woman who was victimized by a person generating nonconsensual pornographic images.
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Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2026
Eight children — seven girls and one boy, all of whom were under the age of 7 when they were victimized — testified in the case against Funston, according to reporting from the Sacramento Bee.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2026
In a motion filed on Tuesday, prosecutors also pointed to the large number of co-defendants as well as witnesses and church members victimized that morning.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 21 Feb. 2026
Investigators said a majority of the juveniles were victimized over social media, including TikTok and Snapchat.
—Brittany Kubicko, NBC news, 20 Feb. 2026
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Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2026
Eight children — seven girls and one boy, all of whom were under the age of 7 when they were victimized — testified in the case against Funston, according to reporting from the Sacramento Bee.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2026
In a motion filed on Tuesday, prosecutors also pointed to the large number of co-defendants as well as witnesses and church members victimized that morning.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 21 Feb. 2026
Investigators said a majority of the juveniles were victimized over social media, including TikTok and Snapchat.
—Brittany Kubicko, NBC news, 20 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for victimize
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There is no need for Dems to cheat and deprive voters of their own choice.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
9 Mar. 2026
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Caregivers may be tempted to let kids win or even cheat to avoid meltdowns and tantrums.—
Stephanie Ganz,
Parents,
8 Mar. 2026
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Carrel and company are all stellar and worth crowing about but plucking out a few side stories might well make this a smoother, more tonally consistent show.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
11 Mar. 2026
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When not plucking away at a keyboard, Madison teaches yoga and mountain bikes with her two Australian shepherds, Cholla and Poppy, through Missoula's Rattlesnake Wilderness.—
Madison Dapcevich,
Outside,
11 Mar. 2026
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This technical pivot would allow nations to squeeze every profitable drop from their own land with surgical precision, bypassing the geopolitical chaos of distant chokepoints and securing a future defined by Decentralized Techno-Resource Sovereignty.—
Siddharth Misra,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
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When residents are this squeezed, City Hall’s predictable response has been to charge us more.—
Bradley Schnell,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Mar. 2026
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The institute and federal ocean officials say those appendages, called cerata, hold the stinging cells in a concentrated form, making the slug’s sting especially potent.—
Dante Motley,
Austin American Statesman,
11 Mar. 2026
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If these stinging insects are nesting in your yard, look for the things that might be attracting wasps and learn how to keep them away.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
11 Mar. 2026
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Early in the second period, just after Greaves got caught out of the net while playing a puck to his right, Provorov hustled to the other side of the net and sprawled across the ice, blocking a shot by Florida’s Tomas Nosek that would have tied the score at 1.—
Aaron Portzline,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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In games like Tuesday, when that deep postseason run seems realistic, UCLA pops the ball around on offense and communicates and hustles to overcome its deficiencies on defense.—
Aaron Heisen,
Daily News,
6 Mar. 2026
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Defamation, which refers to a false statement of fact that is reputationally damaging, and false light, which is a technically true statement but is presented in a highly deceiving fashion, are other possible legal actions.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
9 Mar. 2026
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Looks, too, can be deceiving for those not on the grounds.—
Douglas Robson,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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Con Ed and companies like it will continue to screw customers over so long as the system allows it.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
5 Mar. 2026
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TiMate, a Hong Kong tool company, says its new Arcos Driver was built for exactly that screw.—
Omar Kardoudi
March 05,
New Atlas,
5 Mar. 2026
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Officers were tasked with combating what officials said was a rise in thefts, people spending money obtained by defrauding the state’s unemployment system and quality of life issues like loud music and the smell of marijuana drifting into stores, according to a 2021 Times investigation.—
Hannah Fry,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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He was also accused of defrauding investors in his business, Fraud Guarantee, ostensibly created to help protect people from fraud.—
Sofia Saric,
Miami Herald,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Victimize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/victimize. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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