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
How often have you been inconvenienced or downright victimized by cybercrime?
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Rick Bennett, Time, 17 Sep. 2025
Her firm’s record includes some of the most significant results in the field, such as a record-setting $262 million jury verdict against Prudential Securities and a $30 million settlement for a 100-year-old widow who was victimized by investment fraud.
—William Jones, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
Both got victimized on play-action and missed too many tackles.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
So the reality is, people are on edge because everyone knows someone who's been victimized.
—Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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Rick Bennett, Time, 17 Sep. 2025
Her firm’s record includes some of the most significant results in the field, such as a record-setting $262 million jury verdict against Prudential Securities and a $30 million settlement for a 100-year-old widow who was victimized by investment fraud.
—William Jones, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
Both got victimized on play-action and missed too many tackles.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
So the reality is, people are on edge because everyone knows someone who's been victimized.
—Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for victimize
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The scandal exposed how some wealthy families cheated and bribed to secure spots for their children at elite universities, sparking nationwide outrage over denied opportunities for more deserving students.—
Hanna Park,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
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This isn’t the first time that the couple was surrounded by cheating rumors.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
30 Sep. 2025
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Sofia Coppola’s cult-favorite (if historically murky-at-best) 2006 film Marie Antoinette plucked the queen from history-book pages and pasted her on contemporary mood boards.—
Grace McCarty,
Glamour,
2 Oct. 2025
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Simply plucking young stars from viewers’ social-media feeds won’t radically alter or refresh SNL.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
1 Oct. 2025
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The Reds squeezed into the third wild-card slot for their first playoff appearance in five years.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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Some people who have bought homes in the last few years feel squeezed by monthly payments that leave little cash left over.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
29 Sep. 2025
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Still, losing out on more seasons of Zoë Kravitz playing a lovably bisexual mess navigating New York City particularly stings.—
Abby Monteil,
Them.,
3 Oct. 2025
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Andreas Helmersen hit the bar while Patrick Berg’s stinging effort was saved by Guglielmo Vicario.—
Jay Harris,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Jackson hustles to his seat in the audience, dead center, behind the main cameras as the chat begins.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
30 Sep. 2025
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The costume department hustles to reattach a limping sole as the star breathes through the heat.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Sep. 2025
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The lawsuit, filed by the FTC in June 2023 under the Biden administration, claimed that Amazon deceived tens of millions of customers into signing up for its Prime subscription program and sabotaged their attempts to cancel it.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
25 Sep. 2025
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At its worst, AI can be used by bad actors and content farms to confuse or deceive listeners, push ‘slop’ into the ecosystem, and interfere with authentic artists working to build their careers.—
Abid Rahman,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Sep. 2025
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Both have magnets screwed to one end for attaching the corresponding front or top panel, and both are filled with a multi-spaced bracket for installing 120mm to 200mm fans.—
Thomas Soderstrom,
PC Magazine,
4 Oct. 2025
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And screw Dalot for that bad pass.—
Conor O'Neill,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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Kokang’s capital Laukkaing was at the heart of the country’s multi-billion-dollar scam industry, where trafficked workers were used to defraud strangers with sophisticated online schemes.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
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She had been convicted of defrauding JPMorgan with the sale of her financial aid in higher ed startup, Frank.—
Emma Hinchliffe,
Fortune,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Victimize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/victimize. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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