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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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Even as institutional expertise dooms the victim, it empowers the murderer, who has created a seemingly impenetrable alibi by taking advantage of the record-keeping intrinsic to large organizations.

In any event the wrongdoer has a strong “incentive to do better,” whatever course the victim chooses.

Detectives said they continue to search for additional victims and suspects in the San Fernando Valley case.

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Demonstrators called for the "dismantling of the chemical group", chanting "We want to live" and "Gabes is a victim of pollution and injustice".

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He then stabbed the victim, who had only moved to Huddersfield a fortnight previously to live with his uncle, around 40 seconds after the confrontation started, in full view of passers-by, including children.

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

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