victim
/ˈvɪktɪm/
One that is harmed—killed, injured, subjected to oppression, deceit, or otherwise adversely affected—by someone or something, especially another person or event, force, or condition; in particular; One who is harmed or killed by a crime or scam; One who is harmed or killed by an accident or illness
- plural
- victims
Meanings
- 1
One that is harmed—killed, injured, subjected to oppression, deceit, or otherwise adversely affected—by someone or something, especially another person or event, force, or condition; in particular
The victim was a man.
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Who will be the next victim?
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- 2
; One who is harmed or killed by a crime or scam — One that is harmed—killed, injured, subjected to oppression, deceit, or otherwise adversely affected—by someone or something, especially another person or event, force, or condition; in particular
- 3
; One who is harmed or killed by an accident or illness — One that is harmed—killed, injured, subjected to oppression, deceit, or otherwise adversely affected—by someone or something, especially another person or event, force, or condition; in particular
- 4
; One who is harmed or killed as a result of other people's biases, emotions or incompetence, or their own — One that is harmed—killed, injured, subjected to oppression, deceit, or otherwise adversely affected—by someone or something, especially another person or event, force, or condition; in particular
- 5
; One who is harmed or killed as a result of a natural or man-made disaster or impersonal condition — One that is harmed—killed, injured, subjected to oppression, deceit, or otherwise adversely affected—by someone or something, especially another person or event, force, or condition; in particular
- 6
A living being which is slain and offered as a sacrifice, usually in a religious riterare
- 7
A living being which is slain and offered as a sacrifice, usually in a religious rite.; The transfigured body and blood of Christ in the Eucharistrare