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victimize

[vik-tuh-mahyz] / ˈvɪk təˌmaɪz /


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"This court finds that you chose to victimize people that were peacefully gathering together," Salomone said.

From Barron's May 7, 2026

Nazarian, whose family fled Iran when he was 8, said there will always be people who seek to victimize others, and therefore, a need for police.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 1, 2024

He wants to pretend that he's the most perfect man who ever lived and that anyone who says otherwise has some secret agenda to victimize him.

From Salon May 6, 2024

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

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

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

A necessity to the incarcerated becomes yet another lucrative scheme that victimizes the very people it professes to help.

From Slate Dec. 12, 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

Tax fraud victimizes everyone who pays taxes honestly and relies on government services such as education, health care and public safety.

From Washington Post Jul. 9, 2021

He works bitter ruin for the cannibals, who, with all their strength and fleetness, are no better endowed with quick wit than the Trolls, whom Boots invariably victimizes.

From Myths and myth-makers: Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology by John Fiske

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

The billionaire says ”I have never victimized anyone” and that it was a mistake to ever meet with Jeffrey Epstein.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 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

Tornadoes in the United States are disproportionately killing more people in mobile or manufactured homes, especially in the South, often victimizing some of the most socially and economically vulnerable residents.

From Seattle Times Jul. 28, 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

The Pierce County district attorney has enhanced the possible punishment for each charge by up to six years because she’s accused of victimizing someone 60 or older.

From Washington Post Nov. 8, 2022

Apple unveiled new tools this week it said are designed to prevent “state-sponsored mercenary spyware” from victimizing its customers.

From Washington Times Jul. 7, 2022

No, Mr. Warrington, there was no such thing: there was no victimizing, or if there was, Mr. Arthur was the victim, not the girl.

From The History of Pendennis, Volume 2 His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy by William Makepeace Thackeray




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