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victim

Definition for victim

noun as in person who has suffered an injury

Weak match

injured party

noun as in dupe

noun as in person or animal sacrificed

Strong matches

martyr, scapegoat

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"She's constructed somebody who doesn't have a filter, and that's partly because of what she's been through in life, and being the victim of aggression," said Craig.

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Don’t squander it by falling victim to any more entitled ne’er-do-wells.

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His reputation made him out to be the natural talent, who played with irrepressible joy and boundless creativity, but sometimes fell victim to lapses in concentration.

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It also veers into sociology, as in that class lecture or when an angry David says, “The whole system is built around them, ‘him,’ not us, victims.”

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Some of the alleged victims recanted earlier statements detailing violence.

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