victimize

victimize is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make a victim of, esp. by deception; to dupe; to cheat. Face value is 25 in Scrabble and 28 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 25 · Words With Friends 28 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To make a victim of, esp. by deception; to dupe; to cheat.
2. verb. punish unjustly

   Synonyms: victimise

3. verb. deprive of by deceit

   "He swindled me out of my inheritance"

   "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"

   Synonyms: bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam

4. verb. make a victim of

   "I was victimized by this con-man"

   Synonyms: victimise

Synonyms

victimise, bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, swindle

Common word forms

victimized, victimizer, victimizes, victimizing

Words from these letters

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