Thesaurus results for VICTIMIZED

victimized

verb

past tense of victimize

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 Dominic West specializes in playing men who feel victimized by the consequences of their own actions. — Linda Holmes, NPR, 3 Oct. 2026 Detectives believe there may be additional victims and are asking anyone who believes they may have been victimized by McVay, or who has worked with her, to come forward. — Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2026 Taaffe was victimized in coverage, permitting three completions on three targets for 49 yards and a touchdown. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026 Even though so many seniors are being victimized, Florida did not provide any additional funding for the Office of Financial Regulation charged with enforcement and auditing thousands of machines. — Mike Ryan, Sun Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026 In 2021, he and his brother, Sean Tyler, were both exonerated for the crime after his attorneys successfully argued they were victimized by detectives in Area 1’s homicide bureau working under Burge. — A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026 Likely victimized four different Cowboys defenders on his four third-down conversions. — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 19 Sep. 2026 The travelers are the ones victimized, and this comes at a significant cost in terms of public safety. — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026 Elbogen estimates that Ayala and Kim victimized dozens of young girls and women, both nationally and internationally. — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

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In taking that gamble, the authors cheated fans and missed an opportunity.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026
The simple truth is that no single technology can fully address AI misuse or determine whether a student cheated.

— Melissa Loble, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of cheated

Verb

Quickly, the house lights come up, and Lay and family are hustled backstage to get reacquainted.

— Joan Kron, Allure, 28 Sep. 2026
Her mother hustled her to hospital, only for the doctors to realize Accurso’s active imagination had left her in the same predicament as Madeline’s friends.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of hustled

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Pick it up, however, and there's no mistaking how much battery Bluetti has squeezed inside.

— Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026
Give members of the business and culture press the excuse to write about the rough economics of linear TV and how late night is particularly squeezed.

— Josef Adalian, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of squeezed

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To Knight, he has been screwed out of those opportunities thanks to The Bloodline – Reigns’ faction of family members who have had his back through thick and thin.

— Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026
Unavoidably the text has been chopped and channeled, with some swapping of parts, bits of narration screwed into dialogue and events described in a paragraph blown out into scenes.

— Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of screwed

Verb

Kyiv's retaliatory attacks mean Russian exports are now also stuck, further squeezing global supply.

— Jenni Reid, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2026
In a cozy suburb of Minneapolis, a guy in a blue jumpsuit is once again stuck aboard a space station with his robot pals, watching the worst movies ever made.

— Joe Otterson, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of stuck

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Some veterans say recruiters deceived them and Haitian authorities tortured them; their families call them scapegoats.

— Astrid Suárez, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
Some of the Colombians have long maintained that they were deceived about the mission and arrived at the home after Moïse had already been killed.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026

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