Examples of victimize in a Sentence
They were victimized because of their religion.
victimized by a confidence man with a slick story
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Wild goalie Filip Gustavsson was victimized early in the first and third periods, finishing with 25 saves in the loss.
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Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 12 Oct. 2025
Flacco was repeatedly victimized by drops in Cleveland, but that issue shouldn’t be a significant problem with the Bengals.
—Andy Behrens, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
Back in 2018, Delbarton publicly acknowledged that at least 30 men had come forward with allegations that, over the course of three decades, they had been victimized by 13 past or current priests and monks at the school — and by a lay faculty member who is now retired.
—Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 9 Oct. 2025
The exec expressed remarkably few regrets over a chapter that was, by any measure, catastrophic for the bank and the women Epstein victimized.
—Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
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Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 12 Oct. 2025
Flacco was repeatedly victimized by drops in Cleveland, but that issue shouldn’t be a significant problem with the Bengals.
—Andy Behrens, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
Back in 2018, Delbarton publicly acknowledged that at least 30 men had come forward with allegations that, over the course of three decades, they had been victimized by 13 past or current priests and monks at the school — and by a lay faculty member who is now retired.
—Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 9 Oct. 2025
The exec expressed remarkably few regrets over a chapter that was, by any measure, catastrophic for the bank and the women Epstein victimized.
—Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
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“Victimize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/victimize. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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victimize
verb
vic·tim·ize
ˈvik-tə-ˌmīz 
victimized; victimizing
: to make a victim of especially by cheating
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