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 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 Anyone who believes they were victimized by Lynch or has information relevant to the investigation is asked to contact Prince George’s County detectives. — Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 18 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 During public comment, one resident described feeling victimized by riders while using city parks with his 2-year-old daughter. — Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2026

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Scarlett Johansson sued you over that, alleging that Disney cheated her out of box office upside.

— Todd Spangler, Variety, 28 Sep. 2026
OpenAI revealed that the Hugging Face hack wasn't the only time its bots had lied, cheated, and hidden its tracks from humans.

— David Pogue, CBS News, 27 Sep. 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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In fact, all four songs sound like they were plucked from previous albums like Midnights or The Tortured Poets Department.

— Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2026
Paired with a prominent pink lip and punctuating updo, the glam appeared as if it were plucked from an early 2000s look book.

— Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of plucked

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As solitary insects with limited aggression towards humans, the risk of getting stung is often not worth your direct interference.

— Sean Donnelly, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2026
Two years is a long time in the NFL, yet that wild-card loss to the Philadelphia Eagles still stung in the building.

— Kevin Fishbain, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of stung

Verb

Sometimes a lid isn’t screwed tightly, and your foundation proves its worth all over the inside of your bag.

— Carin Ryan, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2026
Like her, Americans are also so tired of being screwed by an administration that’s not only grossly incompetent and cruel but corrupt as well.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of screwed

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But as a viewer, at least, watching American Horror Story feels more than ever like being stuck in some sort of hell.

— Jen Chaney, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2026
If you have ever been stuck in traffic wishing your car could sprout wings, Samson Sky has been working on something pretty close.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of stuck

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The state estimates that about 350,000 residents were exposed to the Cambridge Analytica breach, but McGinn asked jurors to consider that Facebook deceived all New Mexicans when making statements regarding privacy and violent content.

— MIKELLA SCHUETTLER, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026
Customers who feel respected are far more forgiving than customers who feel deceived.

— Natalie Ruiz, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of deceived

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