Associations to the word «Victim»

Wiktionary

VICTIM, noun. (original sense) A living creature which is slain and offered as human or animal sacrifice, usually in a religious rite; by extension, the transfigurated body and blood of Christ in the Eucharist.
VICTIM, noun. Anyone who is harmed by another.
VICTIM, noun. An aggrieved or disadvantaged party in a crime (e.g. swindle.)
VICTIM, noun. A person who suffers any other injury, loss, or damage as a result of a voluntary undertaking.
VICTIM, noun. An unfortunate person who suffers from a disaster or other adverse circumstance.
VICTIM, noun. (narratology) A character who is conquered or manipulated by a villain.
VICTIM BLAMING, noun. Alternative form of victim-blaming

Dictionary definition

VICTIM, noun. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance.
VICTIM, noun. A person who is tricked or swindled.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King