Victimize \Vic"tim*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Victimized; p.
pr. & vb. n. Victimizing.]
To make a victim of, esp. by deception; to dupe; to cheat.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
victimize
v 1: make a victim of; "I was victimized by this con-man" [syn: victimise]
2: punish unjustly [syn: victimise]
3: deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my
inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted
her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little
change" [syn: swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle,
bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, con]
WordNet (r) 2.0
111 Moby Thesaurus words for "victimize":
bamboozle, beat, beguile of, beset, bilk, bleed, bleed white,
bully, bunco, burn, cheat, chisel, chouse, chouse out of,
circumvent, clip, cog, cog the dice, con, cozen, crib, deceive,
defraud, diddle, do in, do out of, dupe, elude, euchre, evade,
exploit, finagle, flam, fleece, flimflam, fob, foil, fool,
frustrate, fudge, get around, get round, give the runaround,
give the slip, go after, go one better, gouge, gull, gyp, harass,
harry, have, hoax, hocus, hocus-pocus, hold up, hoodwink, hound,
hunt, immolate, molest, mulct, oppress, outfigure, outflank,
outfox, outgeneral, outguess, outmaneuver, outplay, outreach,
outsmart, outwit, overcharge, overprice, overreach, overtax,
pack the deal, pass the buck, persecute, pick on, pigeon,
practice fraud upon, prey on, profiteer, pursue, rook, scam, screw,
sell gold bricks, shaft, shave, shortchange, skin, snooker, soak,
stack the cards, stick, sting, stonewall, suck in, surcharge,
swindle, take a dive, take advantage of, take in, thimblerig,
throw a fight, torment, trick, use
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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