VICTIMISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does victimise mean? 

• VICTIMISE (verb)
  The verb VICTIMISE has 2 senses:

1. make a victim of

2. punish unjustly

  Familiarity information: VICTIMISE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VICTIMISE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they victimise    ... he / she / it victimises   
Past simple: victimised   
Past participle: victimised   
-ing form: victimising   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make a victim of

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

victimise; victimize

Context example:

I was victimized by this con-man

Hypernyms (to "victimise" is one way to...):

wrong (treat unjustly; do wrong to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "victimise"):

cheat; chisel; rip off (deprive somebody of something by deceit)

cozen; deceive; delude; lead on (be false to; be dishonest with)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

victim (an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance)

victim (a person who is tricked or swindled)

victimisation (an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly))

victimiser (a person who victimizes others)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Punish unjustly

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

victimise; victimize

Hypernyms (to "victimise" is one way to...):

penalise; penalize; punish (impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

victim (an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance)