victim
Other forms: victims
Use the word victim to describe someone who has been wronged or harmed, like the victim of the armed robbery or the stores that went out of business, victims of the slow economy.
The noun victim refers to a person who has been harmed by a crime, accident, or other adverse circumstances, such as a victim of a tsunami or a victim of domestic violence. It can also refer to someone has been tricked or swindled, like when you paid $2 for a candy bar that should only have cost a dollar — you were the victim of someone's scheme to pocket half the money from the candy bar sale.
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an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstancetypes:casualtysomeone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagementhunted persona person who is huntedmartyrone who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religionmuggeea victim of a muggingmurdereea victim who is murderedfair game, prey, quarry, targeta person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influencepunching baga person on whom another person vents their angershaheedArabic term for a holy martyrPolycarp, Saint Polycarp, St. PolycarpGreek bishop of Smyrna who refused to recant his Christian faith and was burned to death by pagans (circa 69-155)type of:
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a person who is easily tricked or swindled
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Vocabulary lists containing victim
In this classic coming-of-age story, Scout Finch recounts her childhood in Maycomb, Alabama. When Scout's father is appointed to defend a black man in a high-profile trial, racial tensions in the small town come to a head. Here are links to our lists for the novel: Chapters 1–6, Chapters 7–11, Chapters 12–15, Chapters 16–19, Chapters 20–25, Chapters 26–31 Here is a link to our lists for Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
Vocabulary from "Beowulf" (translated by by Gummere).
This novel by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely tells the story of Rashad and Quinn, two teenagers whose lives are changed after an incident of police brutality divides their community.