victimized

verb

past tense of victimize
as in cheated
to rob by the use of trickery or threats victimized by a confidence man with a slick story

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Recent Examples of victimized Victims and co-victims are often re-victimized by true crime and its avid fandom. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 June 2026 Boghosian questioned whether swimmers who felt victimized by the Meads would return to campus. — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 16 June 2026 This decision by the justice system now means the nightmare returns and his innocence will be victimized again and again. — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 11 June 2026 What to Do If You’ve Been Scammed If you’ve been victimized, response time is critical. — Suzanne Wright, USA Today, 9 June 2026 An all encompassing definition of maternal dispossession scales the degrees to which Black mothers are victimized by the enduring projects of capitalism and colonialism. — Literary Hub, 8 June 2026 Crump is working with attorneys from Levin & Perconti, who also have been in touch with another girl who said she was victimized at the facility, and that an employee of the facility had refused to cover up evidence of wrongdoing. — Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2026 Generally, men and women are equally victimized by scammers, said Amy Nofziger, senior director of victim support for the AARP Fraud Watch Network, a free resource for consumers to learn about scams and report them. — Sarah Agostino, CNBC, 26 June 2026 The poll found the majority of Republicans, 52%, and a plurality of MAGA supporters, 45%, oppose the controversial fund set up by the Justice Department to pay people who believe they’ve been victimized by the government. — Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for victimized
  1. cheated
  2. hustled
  3. plucked
  4. stung
  5. squeezed
  6. screwed
  7. stuck
  8. deceived
Verb
  • Hell may hath no fury like a Red Devils squad feeling cheated after the shocking FIFA decision to allow Balogun to play tonight in Seattle.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
  • Billups is accused of participating in a conspiracy to fix high-stakes card games tied to La Cosa Nostra organized crime families that cheated unsuspecting gamblers out of at least $7 million.
    — Ed White, Twin Cities, 29 June 2026
Definition of cheated
Verb
  • The few that didn’t have hustled to catch up.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 23 June 2026
  • The first inning looked promising as Yandy Diaz and Jonathan Aranda singled, and Cedric Mullins hustled his bunt attempt into a hit to load the bases.
    — Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 June 2026
Definition of hustled
Verb
  • On the walls, black-and-white printouts of newspaper articles, magazines and book pages looked like they were plucked from a Pinterest board on scrapbooking.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • Despite his young age, the then 36-year-old was far from a nobody plucked from the ether, though.
    — Chris Evans, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of plucked
Verb
  • Democrats are still stung by Rogan’s nearly three-hour Trump interview in the final weeks of the 2024 campaign.
    — Steven Sloan, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
  • Having dominated most of his players in table tennis over the years, Gadowsky is still stung after meeting his match.
    — John Wawrow, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026
Definition of stung
Verb
  • The performance uptick that Motorola squeezed from the 2026 Razr+ is minor at best, with results showing no significant year-over-year gains.
    — Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 29 June 2026
  • There was Paris squeezed between meetings on a fleeting work trip.
    — Alisha Prakash, Travel + Leisure, 27 June 2026
Definition of squeezed
Verb
  • Either Cody or Gunther wins because Sami gets screwed; Zayn will then further descend into madness and attack someone after the bell.
    — Darren Cooper, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • With Dumb Money, also directed by Gillespie, Rogen played businessman Gabe Plotkin, who got screwed in the GameStop stock drama.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 26 June 2026
Definition of screwed
Verb
  • Twenty-seven people were inside the building, two of whom got stuck before ultimately freeing themselves and exiting the building.
    — Drew Pittock, USA Today, 7 July 2026
  • When the rope broke, three people fell 30 to 40 feet to the beach, and the other three were stuck halfway up the cliff.
    — Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 6 July 2026
Definition of stuck
Verb
  • Dana, falling in love with Zorro and out of love with Diego, and being deceived by both, is sublimely affecting.
    — Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
  • In nearly half of all scams, 49% of the victims were also deceived into personally sending money to the scammers.
    — Samantha Elkins, NBC news, 30 June 2026
Definition of deceived

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