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victimize

[vik-tuh-mahyz] / ˈvɪk təˌmaɪz /


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Instead, like cowards, they cast around for weaker parties to victimize.

From Salon Jun. 17, 2026

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

From Barron's May 7, 2026

Banks and other financial institutions have the vantage point that Bharara spoke of that would expose scams and schemes before they can victimize innocent people if the banks would only speak up.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 26, 2023

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

What does justice look like when a victim who has never known it victimizes another?

From New York Times Feb. 2, 2021

He works bitter ruin for the cannibals, who, with all their strength and fleetness, are no better endowed with quick wit than the Trolls, whom Boots invariably victimizes.

From Myths and myth-makers: Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology by John Fiske

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

Women are eight times as likely as men to be victimized by an intimate partner, and 85 percent of victims are women.

From Slate Apr. 25, 2026

She wasn’t looking to punish Reggie for the sake of punishment, but she couldn’t stand someone who victimized other people and just acted like it was the victim’s fault, or there was no blame.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

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

Brooks noted that the Tesla crashes are victimizing more people who are not in the Tesla vehicles.

From Seattle Times Oct. 18, 2022

Apple unveiled new tools this week it said are designed to prevent “state-sponsored mercenary spyware” from victimizing its customers.

From Washington Times Jul. 7, 2022

Apparently the good doctor’s evil twin has been reaching out to a number of people in the region, thus victimizing him as well.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 17, 2021

By the time the sleigh drove up to the door she was as bent as ever upon victimizing the "Western giant," as the conspirators had named him.

From From Jest to Earnest by Edward Payson Roe




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