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victim

[vik-tim] / ˈvɪk tɪm /
NOUN
person who has suffered an injury
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NOUN
person or animal sacrificed
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In a victim statement read to the court, Hussain's mother Nasreen Akhtar said he was a "beloved son and cherished brother, a loyal friend and light in all our lives".

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

The discovery raises a difficult question: Was Shanidar A the victim of a deliberate attack, or did a hunting accident cause the fatal injury?

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

“You become a victim of your own success,” he said.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

"We've documented a dozen cases of Malian artists who have fallen victim," a Malian culture ministry official told AFP, adding that the subject was on the agenda when Ivory Coast's security chief visited in mid-October.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

She raises her eyes to me slowly with the menacing gaze a J-horror yurei might level on their guilty victim.

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson

Proposition TE would grant a one-time exemption to Palisades fire victims from paying the so-called “mansion tax” if they sell their home within five years of the disaster.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

Residents and local officials gathered on Saturday in a Spanish village near the site of a high-speed train collision that killed at least 69 people for a memorial Mass honouring the victims.

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026

But Haitians understand the horror of zombies to be one of dispossession, a curse enacted by enslavers that binds victims to mindless servitude, denying them liberation in the afterlife.

From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026

Francis was told the women had not been brought under duress but George, of no fixed abode, had "plainly exploited the circumstances of these victims".

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Did he erect his Castle close to the Fair grounds so as to gather in these victims by the wholesale...?”

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson


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