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

Derived forms: victimizing, victimizes, victimized

See also: victim, victimization, victimizer

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