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victimize

[vik-tuh-mahyz] / ˈvɪk təˌmaɪz /


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"This court finds that you chose to victimize people that were peacefully gathering together," Salomone said.

From Barron's ● May 7, 2026

“It is crucial not to criminalize or victimize those who are visiting and supporting true rehabilitation,” Cardenas said, wiping away her tears.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2024

He wants to pretend that he's the most perfect man who ever lived and that anyone who says otherwise has some secret agenda to victimize him.

From Salon ● May 6, 2024

Microsoft said it discovered Russian cyberattackers leveraging the company’s conferencing platform to victimize espionage targets, including government accounts.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 3, 2023

Fear and anger can make us vindictive and abusive, unjust and unfair, until we all suffer from the absence of mercy and we condemn ourselves as much as we victimize others.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

But this attitude victimizes the honorable students who don’t cheat and suffer from comparatively lower grades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026

A necessity to the incarcerated becomes yet another lucrative scheme that victimizes the very people it professes to help.

From Slate ● Dec. 12, 2023

Tax fraud victimizes everyone who pays taxes honestly and relies on government services such as education, health care and public safety.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 9, 2021

“This article further victimizes the very few number of survivors by asserting claims that even the author knows cannot be substantiated.”

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2021

"She victimizes poor Harriet, whom she seems to think more on her level," said Miss Carter, not without unction.

From Senator North by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

After the case against Jeramy Roebuck collapsed, the authorities seemingly had no other leads in their hunt for the men who had victimized Mark and Rita.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

The women said they were victimized by Leto between 2002 and 2016.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

The billionaire says ”I have never victimized anyone” and that it was a mistake to ever meet with Jeffrey Epstein.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

"I never went to his island, his ranch, or his Florida home. I have never victimized anyone," he said.

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026

Under any normal circumstances he would have leapt to the defense of a man victimized as that man had been.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

Minors are encouraged to save everything — including images, videos and texts — that will help criminal investigators go after the perpetrator and prevent them from victimizing more minors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2025

After receiving a flood of online hate, Schneider says what hurt the most was being accused of victimizing or endangering women.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2023

The Pierce County district attorney has enhanced the possible punishment for each charge by up to six years because she’s accused of victimizing someone 60 or older.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 8, 2022

What’s worse, others are victimizing the quake victims.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 21, 2022

No, Mr. Warrington, there was no such thing: there was no victimizing, or if there was, Mr. Arthur was the victim, not the girl.

From The History of Pendennis, Volume 2 His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy by William Makepeace Thackeray




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