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1. Of persons; taken advantage of
   "after going out of his way to help his friend get the job he felt not appreciated but victimized";
   - exploited, ill-used, put-upon, used, victimised [Brit]

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], bunko

See also: misused

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

Encyclopedia: Victimized