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• v  make a victim of
  I was victimized by this con-man
• v  punish unjustly
• v  deprive of by deceit
• s  of persons; taken advantage of

• Certainly, the development of the victimized child needs more study, but the new paper offers some guidance for where to begin.
• Mercilessly waged by Putin with extraordinary brutality, it not only crushed a small nation long victimized by Russian and then Soviet imperialism but also led to political .
• Identifying victimized children is often a subjective process, and caregivers may be wary of levying false accusations.

• victimize
• victimise
• swindle
• rook
• goldbrick
• nobble
• diddle
• bunco
• defraud
• scam
• mulct
• gyp
• gip
• hornswoggle
• short-change
• con
• exploited
• ill-used
• put-upon
• used
• victimised

News & Articles

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• Gulf Shi'ites fear rising sectarian rhetoric over Syria
  By Sami Aboudi DUBAI (Reuters) - Shi'ite Muslims in the Gulf, alarmed by the shrill sectarian rhetoric of some Sunni clerics after Lebanon's Hezbollah militia entered Syria's civil war, fear they will be blamed and may be victimized for the bloodshed. "Hate language is on the rise, in the press, on social media and even at lectures in mosques. Shi'ites in general are being blamed for what's ...
  June 12, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
• LATEST NEWS
  SANDY HOOK BENEFIT: On Friday night, the Stratford Brakettes softball team will play at 7 p.m. against Raiders Gold to benefit Newtown's Sandy Hook Elementary, the school that was victimized by a shooting in December of last year. The game will be at DeLuca Field in Stratford.
  June 12, 2013 - Connecticut Post
• Twice-Told Tales
  Warning sounded against home improvement racket: Disclosure that Diablo Valley homeowners are among those in the area who have been victimized by the so-called "home improvement" racketeers, this week brought a warning form Rex Griffith, president of the Brentwood Chamber of Commerce.
  June 12, 2013 - Oakley News

Quotes

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• Shaha Riza in International Herald Tribune
  I have now been victimizedfor agreeing to the arrangement, Riza said in a memo to the bank last week.
• Timothy Dolan in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
  As I weighed these issues during the past months,Dolan said, "I kept coming to the same conclusion - anything we can do to keep children safe, we must do. Anything we can do to help people who have been victimized come forward, we must...
• John Howard in International Herald Tribune
  Australia will not be apologizing to Dr. Haneef,Howard told reporters in Sydney. "Dr. Haneef was not victimized, and Australia's international reputation has not been harmed by this 'mis-start' to its new anti-terrorism laws."