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victimize

verb
/ˈvɪktɪmaɪz/

Etymology

From victim + -ize.

  1. derived from victima
  2. derived from victime
  3. suffixed as victimize — “victim + -ize”

Definitions

  1. To make (someone) a victim or sacrifice.

  2. To punish unjustly.

  3. To swindle or defraud.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at victimize. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01victimize02punish03disciplinary04punishment05crime06violation07violated08victimized

A definitional loop anchored at victimize. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at victimize

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA