"victimize" | Definition and Related Words

Verb

Make a victim of (synset 202580280)
"I was victimized by this con-man"

is a type of: wrong - treat unjustly; do wrong to
subtypes:
- cheat, chisel, rip off - deprive somebody of something by deceit
- cozen, deceive, delude, lead on - be false to; be dishonest with
same as: victimise
Punish unjustly (synset 202506268)
is a type of: penalise, penalize, punish - impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on

same as: victimise
Deprive of by deceit (synset 202578034)
"He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"

is a type of: cheat, chisel, rip off - deprive somebody of something by deceit

subtypes: short, short-change - cheat someone by not returning him enough money

same as: bunco, con, defraud, diddle, goldbrick, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle