be victim

Example Sentences

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"You can't be victim centred if you're not prepared to do that," he said.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2026

So for me, we have an opportunity here to be victim forward and give some of these victims a platform for speaking out, which is always worthwhile.

From Salon • Jan. 14, 2025

That means, if you’re a black officer who joins that system, you have to grapple with that or be victim to the problems that are inherent in that role.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2019

The “Empire” actor, first thought to be victim rather than collaborator, agreed to do two days of community service and forfeit $10,000 in bond money.

From Washington Post • Mar. 29, 2019

If one had to choose between being victim or tyrant, one would always choose to be victim: it is safer for the moral life and there is more recovery afterward.

From The Soul of Democracy The Philosophy of the World War in Relation to Human Liberty by Griggs, Edward Howard