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Adjective: victimised
Usage: Brit (=victimized)
  1. Of persons; taken advantage of
    "after going out of his way to help his friend get the job he felt not appreciated but victimised"
    - exploited, ill-used, put-upon, used, victimized
Verb: victimise  'vik-tu`mIz
Usage: Brit (=victimize)
  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]

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

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