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Definitions

victimization

[vik-tuh-muh-zey-shuhn] / ˌvɪk tə məˈzeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
cheating someone, being cheated
Synonyms
STRONGEST
deception
STRONG
artifice baloney bunco chicanery con deceit dodge double-dealing fake fix flimflam fraud hoax humbug hustle imposture jazz jive put on racket ripoff scam sham spoof sting stunt swindle trickery whitewash
WEAK
bamboozlement bill of goods con game cozening dirty pool dirty trick fast one fast shuffle hanky-panky hoaxing run around shady deal shell game snow job
Antonyms
STRONG
forthrightness frankness honesty

Example Sentences

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While reported crime fell, the Justice Department’s 2024 victimization survey found violent victimization rates hadn’t fallen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

It may be the victimization survey is “off,” she said, or that the 2025 survey due later this year will match the falloff as documented in police data.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

Can she break out of the mythological trap of female victimization?

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2024

Because that added another level of victimization to them.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2024

Thus, for a few years, students could be lured by a romantic idea of their victimization.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.