victimize meaning and definition

VICTIMIZE verb

Definition of victimize (verb)

1. make a victim of
   • "I was victimized by this con-man"
   • synonyms: victimise
2. punish unjustly
   • synonyms: victimise
3. deprive of by deceit
   • "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"
   • synonyms: bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle