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1. Make a victim of
   "I was victimised by this con-man"
   - victimize
    
2. Punish unjustly
   - victimize
    
3. Deprive of by deceit
   "He victimised me out of my inheritance"
   - victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick [N. Amer], nobble [Brit], diddle, bunco [N. Amer], defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle [N. Amer], short-change, con, ream [N. Amer], grift [N. Amer]

Derived forms: victimises, victimising, victimised

See also: victim, victimisation [Brit], victimiser [Brit]

Type of: cheat, chisel, penalise [Brit], penalize, punish, rip off, sanction, wrong