victimize
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"Belated fixes cannot undo this harm. We must hold Big Tech accountable for giving abusers the power to victimize women and girls at the click of a button," Ahmed said.
From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026
Banks and other financial institutions have the vantage point that Bharara spoke of that would expose scams and schemes before they can victimize innocent people if the banks would only speak up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2023
Microsoft said it discovered Russian cyberattackers leveraging the company’s conferencing platform to victimize espionage targets, including government accounts.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 3, 2023
“Just gutless people trying to continue to victimize Gloria’s siblings and children.”
From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2023
Fear and anger can make us vindictive and abusive, unjust and unfair, until we all suffer from the absence of mercy and we condemn ourselves as much as we victimize others.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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But this attitude victimizes the honorable students who don’t cheat and suffer from comparatively lower grades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
“I’m concerned at the increase of these incidents, and assure the traveling public the FBI and our partners will continue to investigate and prosecute any offender who victimizes someone on a plane,” he said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2024
“Sending migrants to our cities, whose systems are over capacity, where they may struggle to find shelter and other services is wrong and further victimizes these most vulnerable individuals,” they wrote.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 11, 2023
“The strongest evidence deals with focusing on concentrations,” Mr. Stephens said, including crime that victimizes a small concentration of people.
From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2022
If he victimizes you, you look upon him as upon a clever professor of legerdemain, who has cheated you in spite of your senses; but you hardly hold him morally responsible.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. by
The Louvre was victimized last year by thieves who exploited the museum’s antiquated security in a specific wing, but the Mona Lisa—kept in a virtual aquarium when on public view—is another story.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Last year, a state appellate court ruled that it was illegal for CPS to subject survivors of domestic violence to surveillance solely because they had been victimized.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
"I never went to his island, his ranch, or his Florida home. I have never victimized anyone," he said.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
If we don’t have labor rights, we’re going to be victimized.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
Howard, who had long felt victimized by eastern disdain for western racing, now tried to exploit it.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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“Look, the bottom line is Big Tech has been preying on and victimizing our children for way, way too long,” said state Sen. Ben Kramer, a Democrat in the suburbs of the nation’s capital.
From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2024
After an initial apology tour, Ye changed his tune at the release party for his album, “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” in November 2014, accusing Swift of victimizing herself for fame.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2023
Carlton Huffman, 39, came forward and shared his side of the story Wednesday in a nearly 11-minute-long video posted on social media, saying he has done so to stop Mr. Schlapp from victimizing others.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 8, 2023
They’d been victimizing Spanish speakers in the United States for years until, in 2015, the operation expanded with the help of English-speaking inmates in Mexico, Arbuthnot said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2022
I think both the German clergy and other leaders for victimizing these people, as well as the American public for allowing such mischief.
From A Stake in the Land by Peter A. (Peter Alexander) Speek
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