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
But as long as your private information remains private, you would hardly be victimized.
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Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
The quarterback was victimized by three drops, including on his first throw of the game.
—Josh Kendall, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
Tom says her daughter was one of the people victimized by the schemes.
—Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 21 Dec. 2024
Credit card fraud protections The good news with identity theft and credit card fraud is that federal laws protect you from liability should you be victimized.
—Senitra Horbrook, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
The lawyers estimate approximately 7,000 people were victimized by fraudulent schemes that disproportionately targeted Indigenous people who were trying to get sober from substance use disorder and were enrolled in an Arizona Medicaid program called the American Indian Health Program.
—Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 17 Dec. 2024
By the time the university realized 12 days later that it had been victimized, nearly all the money had vanished.
—Kai Johnsen, Orlando Sentinel, 16 Dec. 2024
The same day, the university’s email system was victimized by a spam-bomb digital attack designed to overwhelm inboxes.
—Kai Johnsen, Orlando Sentinel, 16 Dec. 2024
But seriously, these eclipses also victimized me.
—Roya Backlund, StyleCaster, 13 Dec. 2024
Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
The quarterback was victimized by three drops, including on his first throw of the game.
—Josh Kendall, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
Tom says her daughter was one of the people victimized by the schemes.
—Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 21 Dec. 2024
Credit card fraud protections The good news with identity theft and credit card fraud is that federal laws protect you from liability should you be victimized.
—Senitra Horbrook, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
The lawyers estimate approximately 7,000 people were victimized by fraudulent schemes that disproportionately targeted Indigenous people who were trying to get sober from substance use disorder and were enrolled in an Arizona Medicaid program called the American Indian Health Program.
—Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 17 Dec. 2024
By the time the university realized 12 days later that it had been victimized, nearly all the money had vanished.
—Kai Johnsen, Orlando Sentinel, 16 Dec. 2024
The same day, the university’s email system was victimized by a spam-bomb digital attack designed to overwhelm inboxes.
—Kai Johnsen, Orlando Sentinel, 16 Dec. 2024
But seriously, these eclipses also victimized me.
—Roya Backlund, StyleCaster, 13 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for victimized
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One major case was probing if Capital One cheated customers out of $2 billion in interest payments.—
Ashley Belanger,
Ars Technica,
6 Mar. 2025
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And a media room cheated as an office, where the family keeps important papers.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
3 Mar. 2025
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This chic design feels like something plucked out of a Parisian home tour, giving your chamber a je ne sais quoi moment that won’t go out of style anytime soon.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
14 Mar. 2025
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This is the kind of season where a chef is scolded for making too many crudo dishes — and where another literally has the tweezers plucked from his chef's coat during service.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
13 Mar. 2025
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While the Kentucky team hustled into the tunnel off the court, Oklahoma fans booed, with one hurling a can of beer that came close to hitting one team member, as captured in a video from the moment.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
People.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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Miller hustled over from his spot on the bench and lifted Reid, practically shoving him back into the action.—
Jon Krawczynski,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 2025
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Cleveland also warned that users may fail to consider emoji strings to be actual passwords, and so could be deceived via phishing campaigns to share emoji passwords.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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The states pressing the suits, including California and New Jersey, say the companies deceived consumers about the risks posed by fossil fuels.—
Bloomberg,
The Mercury News,
10 Mar. 2025
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Her defense has raised the possibility that someone else beat him to death and left him in the cold.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Her decision to turn down the Apple beat at the Journal in 2007, the year the iPhone was released, in order to pursue an M.F.A. in fiction propels an exploration of how much human creativity depends on the ideas and labor of others.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Victimized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/victimized. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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