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victim

[vik-tim] / ˈvɪk tɪm /
NOUN
person who has suffered an injury
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NOUN
person or animal sacrificed
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They fall victim to Ponzi schemes and other scams.

From MarketWatch Jul. 23, 2026

The victim was Hugging Face, a provider of open-source AI tools.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

The young victim, initially taken in by an NGO, now lives under protection in her village.

From Barron's Jul. 21, 2026

B&M Retail Limited was also ordered to pay prosecution costs of £18,104 and a £2,000 victim surcharge.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

Bobby, therefore, frequently became a victim of a twisted interpretation of his personality.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

The victims are expected to survive, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

"For many victims who don't have that length of sentence for their offender, they won't know who to turn to, who to call," she told BBC Breakfast.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

A month after the earthquakes, search efforts continue for victims whose remains might be buried underneath rubble, but operations have evolved to focus on post-earthquake humanitarian aid and rebuilding.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

Earlier interpretations suggested that most of the victims were female, but the genetic evidence shows that nine out of ten burials examined there were male.

From Science Daily Jul. 21, 2026

I don’t tell her that she only helped 0.01 percent of the possible malaria victims.

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty




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