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victimize

[vik-tuh-mahyz] / ˈvɪk təˌmaɪz /


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Instead, like cowards, they cast around for weaker parties to victimize.

From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2026

"Belated fixes cannot undo this harm. We must hold Big Tech accountable for giving abusers the power to victimize women and girls at the click of a button," Ahmed said.

From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026

Microsoft said it discovered Russian cyberattackers leveraging the company’s conferencing platform to victimize espionage targets, including government accounts.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 3, 2023

“Just gutless people trying to continue to victimize Gloria’s siblings and children.”

From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2023

Fear and anger can make us vindictive and abusive, unjust and unfair, until we all suffer from the absence of mercy and we condemn ourselves as much as we victimize others.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

But this attitude victimizes the honorable students who don’t cheat and suffer from comparatively lower grades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026

Tax fraud victimizes everyone who pays taxes honestly and relies on government services such as education, health care and public safety.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 9, 2021

What does justice look like when a victim who has never known it victimizes another?

From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2021

Not really, because both suits distinguish between what real media does and what media scams and hatchet jobs do, and how the latter victimizes literal bystanders.

From Slate ● Mar. 16, 2018

"She victimizes poor Harriet, whom she seems to think more on her level," said Miss Carter, not without unction.

From Senator North by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

The Louvre was victimized last year by thieves who exploited the museum’s antiquated security in a specific wing, but the Mona Lisa—kept in a virtual aquarium when on public view—is another story.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

After the case against Jeramy Roebuck collapsed, the authorities seemingly had no other leads in their hunt for the men who had victimized Mark and Rita.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

The women said they were victimized by Leto between 2002 and 2016.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

"I never went to his island, his ranch, or his Florida home. I have never victimized anyone," he said.

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026

If we were hurt, if we were unhappy or otherwise victimized by life, she seemed to know about it, and to care, as soon as we did.

From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli

Minors are encouraged to save everything — including images, videos and texts — that will help criminal investigators go after the perpetrator and prevent them from victimizing more minors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2025

Tornadoes in the United States are disproportionately killing more people in mobile or manufactured homes, especially in the South, often victimizing some of the most socially and economically vulnerable residents.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 28, 2023

The Pierce County district attorney has enhanced the possible punishment for each charge by up to six years because she’s accused of victimizing someone 60 or older.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 8, 2022

What’s worse, others are victimizing the quake victims.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 21, 2022

He had always disliked the man; now he malignantly resented his very existence; Mahr became the personification of the thing he most wished to forget--the victimizing power of the woman who had enthralled him.

From Out of the Ashes by Ethel Watts Mumford


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