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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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Toulouse told AFP they were glad an investigation had been opened saying they and Jaminet were the victims of "embezzlement".

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The OT’s Jewish victims, like their non-Jewish counterparts, were forced to work on everything from underground armaments factories to V-2 rockets and even a railroad above the Arctic Circle in Norway.

The government has announced a new national day "to honour and remember" victims and survivors of terrorism in the UK.

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Without proper testing, many fire victims don’t know how contaminated their homes are or what it might cost to fix them before the looming insurance deadline in January.

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“I researched that euthanasia story with the urgency of someone who could have been a victim,” she writes.

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

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