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
Generally, men and women are equally victimized by scammers, said Amy Nofziger, senior director of victim support for the AARP Fraud Watch Network, a free resource for consumers to learn about scams and report them.
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Sarah Agostino,
CNBC,
26 June 2026
The poll found the majority of Republicans, 52%, and a plurality of MAGA supporters, 45%, oppose the controversial fund set up by the Justice Department to pay people who believe they’ve been victimized by the government.
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Sara Dorn,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
Crump is working with attorneys from Levin & Perconti, who also have been in touch with another girl who said she was victimized at the facility, and that an employee of the facility had refused to cover up evidence of wrongdoing.
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Robert McCoppin,
Chicago Tribune,
18 June 2026
Boghosian questioned whether swimmers who felt victimized by the Meads would return to campus.
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Edward Lee,
Baltimore Sun,
16 June 2026
This decision by the justice system now means the nightmare returns and his innocence will be victimized again and again.
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Matt Schooley,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
What to Do If You’ve Been Scammed If you’ve been victimized, response time is critical.
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Suzanne Wright,
USA Today,
9 June 2026
An all encompassing definition of maternal dispossession scales the degrees to which Black mothers are victimized by the enduring projects of capitalism and colonialism.
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Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
Victims and co-victims are often re-victimized by true crime and its avid fandom.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
8 June 2026
Sarah Agostino,
CNBC,
26 June 2026
The poll found the majority of Republicans, 52%, and a plurality of MAGA supporters, 45%, oppose the controversial fund set up by the Justice Department to pay people who believe they’ve been victimized by the government.
—
Sara Dorn,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
Crump is working with attorneys from Levin & Perconti, who also have been in touch with another girl who said she was victimized at the facility, and that an employee of the facility had refused to cover up evidence of wrongdoing.
—
Robert McCoppin,
Chicago Tribune,
18 June 2026
Boghosian questioned whether swimmers who felt victimized by the Meads would return to campus.
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Edward Lee,
Baltimore Sun,
16 June 2026
This decision by the justice system now means the nightmare returns and his innocence will be victimized again and again.
—
Matt Schooley,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
What to Do If You’ve Been Scammed If you’ve been victimized, response time is critical.
—
Suzanne Wright,
USA Today,
9 June 2026
An all encompassing definition of maternal dispossession scales the degrees to which Black mothers are victimized by the enduring projects of capitalism and colonialism.
—
Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
Victims and co-victims are often re-victimized by true crime and its avid fandom.
—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
8 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for victimized
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The fans were cheated Sunday out of a chance to see an interesting pitching matchup between Shota Imanaga and Dylan Cease, the former Cubs farmhand and former White Sox pitcher.
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Looking the other way A 2020 study of 840 undergraduate college students found that 32% of them had cheated in some way on an exam.
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The first inning looked promising as Yandy Diaz and Jonathan Aranda singled, and Cedric Mullins hustled his bunt attempt into a hit to load the bases.
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As bankers hustled behind closed doors to price the deal and reporters indicated a first price of as high as $175, SpaceX perp-traders on Hyperliquid were buying and selling futures as high as $180 around the opening bell and as low as $153 just before the first trade came in at $150.
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Its members were plucked from 120,000 international applicants to be rigorously trained, molded, and manufactured into international superstars through K-pop methodology.
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Editor Picks One way to weed through the pages and pages of deals is going straight to the Vogue editor picks section, to see what the team has hand-plucked across all categories.
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While the driver was unharmed, per the station, CBS affiliate KFDM-TV in Beaumont said its photographer was stung once while at the scene, according to KBTX.
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Drivers stung by high gas prices have enjoyed some welcome relief over recent weeks, however, even as the impact of the Iran war continues to choke off oil supply.
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Like many European carmakers, it has been squeezed by fresh tariffs on its exports to the United States as well as struggling to counter the rise of Chinese electric vehicles manufacturers, including BYD.
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Until then, concern that the smartphone market would continue to be squeezed by memory chip shortages had led investors to take a cautious view on Qualcomm’s prospects.
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Now, Greg is screwed because, one week in, everyone is having a great time.
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No matter who ends up on the Iron Throne, the common people get screwed.
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Video from Kentucky showed emergency crews wading through knee-deep floodwaters to rescue residents who got stuck in their cars amid the floods Monday.
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As the gut is considered a second brain, the process involves listening in with a stethoscope while manual, hands-on therapy helps the body shift more easily between fight-or-flight and not get stuck in one.
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Some people in Israel say Netanyahu, in a way, deceived Trump.
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One is to emphasize Iago—the guileful, insinuating convincingness of this malicious supervillain, who works on Othello to the point where any reasonable man would be deceived and fooled and worked into a rage that can lead to such a catastrophe.
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“Victimized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/victimized. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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