"victimized" in the verb sense
1. victimize, victimise
make a victim of
"I was victimized by this con-man"
2. victimize, victimise
punish unjustly
3. victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, hornswoggle, short-change, con
deprive of by deceit
"He swindled me out of my inheritance"
"She defrauded the customers who trusted her"
"victimized" in the adjective sense
1. exploited, ill-used, put-upon, used, victimized, victimised
of persons) taken advantage of
"after going out of his way to help his friend get the job he felt not appreciated but used"
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