as in cheated
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 victimized
Yards from San Diego to Arizona and even the famed Huntington botanical gardens in San Marino have all been victimized.
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Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2026
Opposite Jennings, fellow outside linebacker K’Lavon Chaisson got victimized on one of the Jets’ longest runs of the game, but otherwise was a positive force throughout with a pass deflection, run stuff and a hurry.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 30 Dec. 2025
According to a 2021 report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, individuals with disabilities are four times more likely to be victimized by serious violent crime compared to individuals without disabilities.
—Tamia Fowlkes, jsonline.com, 29 Dec. 2025
And there are few, if any, ethically and empirically sound ways to test whether a campus fortified with ShotSpotter or the newest AI surveillance cameras is less likely to experience an active shooter incident because the probability of that school being victimized is already so low.
—Emily Greene-Colozzi, The Conversation, 18 Dec. 2025
And at least 36 teen boys have died by suicide after being victimized by financial sextortion, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
—David Ingram, NBC news, 17 Dec. 2025
My office is committed to bringing stability back into the lives of those who have been victimized.
—Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 13 Dec. 2025
This can also be intergenerational memory and those who were victimized by genocidal progroms, something Lasky feels in her body while walking around Berlin.
—Diana Arterian, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
This is about the message sent, with nobody on defense seeming to care as much as those on the offense victimized by the failures.
—Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2026
Opposite Jennings, fellow outside linebacker K’Lavon Chaisson got victimized on one of the Jets’ longest runs of the game, but otherwise was a positive force throughout with a pass deflection, run stuff and a hurry.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 30 Dec. 2025
According to a 2021 report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, individuals with disabilities are four times more likely to be victimized by serious violent crime compared to individuals without disabilities.
—Tamia Fowlkes, jsonline.com, 29 Dec. 2025
And there are few, if any, ethically and empirically sound ways to test whether a campus fortified with ShotSpotter or the newest AI surveillance cameras is less likely to experience an active shooter incident because the probability of that school being victimized is already so low.
—Emily Greene-Colozzi, The Conversation, 18 Dec. 2025
And at least 36 teen boys have died by suicide after being victimized by financial sextortion, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
—David Ingram, NBC news, 17 Dec. 2025
My office is committed to bringing stability back into the lives of those who have been victimized.
—Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 13 Dec. 2025
This can also be intergenerational memory and those who were victimized by genocidal progroms, something Lasky feels in her body while walking around Berlin.
—Diana Arterian, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
This is about the message sent, with nobody on defense seeming to care as much as those on the offense victimized by the failures.
—Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for victimized
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The tension resurfaced when her sister discovered her partner had cheated again and asked to stay at the poster’s home with both children.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
31 Dec. 2025
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Every town has its nostalgic spots—ice cream shops, deli counters, old-school diners—that seem to have cheated time.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
18 Dec. 2025
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Mountain View Fire Rescue hustled to get to a fire caused by a power pole that blew down.—
Michael Abeyta,
CBS News,
20 Dec. 2025
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My mother—an incredible single mom of four kids—just hustled.—
Sam Reed,
Glamour,
5 Dec. 2025
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An all-star cast plucked from different corners of the pop culture firmament leads Ryan Murphy's All's Fair, a Hulu legal drama about female divorce attorneys who open their own practice.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Nov. 2025
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Such is life in Marthaland, where homemaking tasks are plucked from the realm of everyday drudgery and elevated to a pure pursuit of excellence.—
Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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Tuesday’s loss in Orlando stung a little more for the Miami Heat than the usual December loss during a long 82-game regular season.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
10 Dec. 2025
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But still, some losses have stung harder than others.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
10 Dec. 2025
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The Panthers squeezed a few end-of-career seasons out of guys such as Dino Ciccarelli and Igor Larionov.—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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Steamer or Iron When squeezed into a small suitcase, clothes have a tendency to wrinkle.—
Abbey Hudetz,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Jan. 2026
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And, as usual, the people with the fewest resources will get screwed.—
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson,
Time,
4 Nov. 2025
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No matter what Robert does, he’s totally screwed.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
30 Oct. 2025
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But there is a primal scream stuck in our collective throat.—
Phil Morris The Minnesota Star Tribune,
Arkansas Online,
10 Jan. 2026
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Even after the pick-less Young trade, there does seem to be a pathway present for the Heat to restock with draft picks while, like the Hawks, continually stuck in play-in-ville.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Jan. 2026
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Your husband claims not to have known the weekend arrangements in advance, claiming you were both deceived — not only by his old friends, but by their wives, and by the single female neighbor.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
8 Jan. 2026
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The agency’s lawsuit asserts Instacart deceived consumers with false advertising, failure to provide refunds and unlawful subscription enrollment processes.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
19 Dec. 2025
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“Victimized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/victimized. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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