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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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Hundreds of victim impact statements are expected to be read over the course of the week.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

The Dodgers twice fell victim to Mets right fielder Carson Benge’s arm in the fifth and sixth.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2026

She claims that Levon Helm Studios has been the victim of an “aggressive takeover” by the new president, a longtime shareholder named Brian Parillo, and that she has washed her hands of the company.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 25, 2026

The alleged victim, a Malaysian lawyer who worked as Khan's direct assistant, has offered her account of what happened for the first time, in an interview last week with CNN.

From Barron's Jul. 24, 2026

I know how it’ll sound if I try: I’ll look like a crazy teenager while he looks the picture of a concerned father, the victim of his unruly teenage daughter.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

The victims of the crash were Alpha Phi sorority sisters Niamh Rolston, 20; Peyton Stewart, 21; Asha Weir, 21; and Deslyn Williams, 21, who all received their degrees posthumously.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

The regulator said the payout ordered against Burford is the total value of assets the court found could still be recovered and returned directly to his victims.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

The sentencing hearing is to hear statements from over 100 victims.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

It said the payments, together with previous payments from Burford to investors, means an estimated 99% of the money originally invested by the roughly 70 known victims will have been returned.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

The doctors, psychiatrists, and nutritionists who came free of charge to any place that cared for war victims, sometimes expressed surprise at our loose-run ways.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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