victimizers

noun

plural of victimizer
as in assailants

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  1. assailants
  2. attackers
  3. troublemakers
Noun
  • The attack occurred Sunday night in Planadas, a town in Tolima province, where unidentified assailants fired rockets made from gas cylinders at a military base, according to Planadas Mayor Juan Camilo Hueje.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Days later, assailants stormed Moscow’s Crocus City Hall venue and killed more than 140 people.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of assailants
Noun
  • In that case, the attackers stole an amount equal to a significant portion of North Korea’s reported annual gross domestic product in a matter of minutes.
    — Sean Lyngaas, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Most of those attempts failed, but Microsoft said the attackers did gain privileged access at some organizations, in multiple cases less than three hours after first targeting them.
    — Shae Lake, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of attackers
Noun
  • Getting this particular group of troublemakers together began with Rossum embarking on a retro viewing project several summers back.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Netanyahu in the past has attributed the violence to a small number of troublemakers.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of troublemakers
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