Victimize

['vɪktɪmaɪz]

Definition

(verb.) punish unjustly.

(verb.) 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'.

(verb.) make a victim of; 'I was victimized by this con-man'.

Edited by Hamilton--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To make a victim of, esp. by deception; to dupe; to cheat.

Editor: Whitney

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [Colloquial.] Cheat, dupe, trick, defraud, deceive, swindle, cozen, chouse, gull, overreach, befool, beguile, circumvent, diddle, hoodwink, bamboozle, impose upon, put upon, practise upon, play upon, take in.

Typist: Thaddeus