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
But he was victimized by the long ball on two high-speed fastballs on Tuesday -- one to Judge that was well-located at 100 mph, and one to Chisholm that missed its spot at 99.
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Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Boise State sacked Swann five times, and cornerback A’Marion McCoy victimized him with the first pick-six, reading a pass to the right flat perfectly to intercept it and returning it 26 yards untouched for a touchdown in the first half.
—Jim Keyser, Idaho Statesman, 28 Sep. 2025
There are constantly bad actors out there looking for opportunities to victimize others, Robinson said.
—Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2025
While Ward is one of the hitters most victimized by bad calls, Mike Trout is tied for the major league lead with 113 incorrect calls that benefitted him.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 24 Sep. 2025
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Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Boise State sacked Swann five times, and cornerback A’Marion McCoy victimized him with the first pick-six, reading a pass to the right flat perfectly to intercept it and returning it 26 yards untouched for a touchdown in the first half.
—Jim Keyser, Idaho Statesman, 28 Sep. 2025
There are constantly bad actors out there looking for opportunities to victimize others, Robinson said.
—Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2025
While Ward is one of the hitters most victimized by bad calls, Mike Trout is tied for the major league lead with 113 incorrect calls that benefitted him.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 24 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for victimize
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Guys were continually getting above pucks and taking hard strides back, not cheating for offense.—
Brad Elliott Schlossman,
Twin Cities,
18 Oct. 2025
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Regarding the subject of cheating and whether students might use AI to write essays, edX told Fortune that GradyAI has cheating detection built into its algorithms that can be turned on or off depending on the application.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
15 Oct. 2025
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Wentz was once plucked from a cocoon in North Dakota and thrown into the Philadelphia fire.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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Helicopters have been plucking people off rooftops for rescue from flooding and structural damage.—
Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
14 Oct. 2025
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Freeman took rookie Chad Patrick deep for the first Dodgers run, and his teammates squeezed a second run out of Brewers closer Abner Uribe in the ninth.—
Andy McCullough,
New York Times,
14 Oct. 2025
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Nara announced the cute name in a post on her Instagram showing little Fawnie curled up in soft blankets, along with a video clip squeezing her tiny hand.—
Sarah Scott,
Parents,
14 Oct. 2025
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Joey Ortiz stung a groundball to Muncy’s left.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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But for Hovland, the lingering frustration of missing Sunday singles and watching Harris English sit out for no fault of his own still stings.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Oct. 2025
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From rushing out of the office to get party-ready, or hustling through the airport and reuniting with loved ones, to finally arriving at a glamorous night out with friends, each scene conveys merriment and personal style set against the backdrop of New York City.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
14 Oct. 2025
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Alongside her siblings, one of her first moments hustling was selling drinks to visitors who were on vacation.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
10 Oct. 2025
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In the decades that followed, Freeman, who died in 2025, assembled a vast array of literary fakes, collecting books whose content is deceiving in nature.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
13 Oct. 2025
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Experts have warned that such videos may go viral and deceive voters, potentially increasing voter distrust in the media and political system more generally.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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The Broncos got screwed on an interference call that placed the ball on the 1-yard line.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
20 Oct. 2025
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Gabriel has royally screwed the pooch.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
17 Oct. 2025
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On the flip side, its tunnel-vision focus on the Murdaughs means that the non-Murdaugh, non-murder victims left in their wake, like Mallory and her family or the clients Alex defrauds at work, are reduced to symbols.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Oct. 2025
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According to former Riverside County Deputy District Attorney Rob Hightower, the man posing as a lawyer was actually Kaushal Niroula — a San Francisco grifter who previously claimed to be an exiled prince from Nepal who was one of the architects of the plan to defraud and murder Lambert.—
Tim Stelloh,
NBC news,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Victimize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/victimize. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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