Victim
Definition of Victim
Vic´tim | n. | 1. | A living being sacrificed to some deity, or in the performance of a religious rite; a creature immolated, or made an offering of.Led like a victim, to my death I'll go. - Dryden. | | 2. | A person or thing destroyed or sacrificed in the pursuit of an object, or in gratification of a passion; as, a victim to jealousy, lust, or ambition. | | 3. | A person or living creature destroyed by, or suffering grievous injury from, another, from fortune or from accident; as, the victim of a defaulter; the victim of a railroad accident. | | 4. | Hence, one who is duped, or cheated; a dupe; a gull. |
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