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victimise

Other forms: victimised; victimising; victimises

Definitions of victimise
  1. verb
    make a victim of
    synonyms: victimize
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    types:
    cheat, chisel, rip off
    deprive somebody of something by deceit
    cozen, deceive, delude, lead on
    be false to; be dishonest with
    gazump
    raise the price of something after agreeing on a lower price
    cozen
    cheat or trick
    fleece, gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, soak, surcharge
    rip off; ask an unreasonable price
    betray, sell
    deliver to an enemy by treachery
    bilk
    cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money
    beat, bunk
    avoid paying
    whipsaw
    victimize, especially in gambling or negotiations
    welch, welsh
    cheat by avoiding payment of a gambling debt
    cheat, chisel
    engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud
    shill
    act as a shill
    befool, fool, gull
    make a fool or dupe of
    betray, cheat, cheat on, cuckold, wander
    be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
    hoax, play a joke on, pull someone's leg
    subject to a playful hoax or joke
    ensnare, entrap, frame, set up
    take or catch as if in a snare or trap
    beguile, hoodwink, juggle
    influence by slyness
    humbug
    trick or deceive
    type of:
    wrong
    treat unjustly; do wrong to
  2. verb
    punish unjustly
    synonyms: victimize
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    type of:
    penalise, penalize, punish, sanction
    impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on
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