VICTIMISE

 Dictionary entry overview: What does victimise mean? 

• VICTIMISE (verb)
  The verb VICTIMISE has 2 senses:

1. make a victim of
2. punish unjustly

  Familiarity information: VICTIMISE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VICTIMISE (verb)

Meaning:

Make a victim of

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

victimise; victimize

Context example:

I was victimized by this con-man

Hypernyms (to "victimise" is one way to...):

wrong (treat unjustly; do wrong to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "victimise"):

cheat; chisel; rip off (deprive somebody of something by deceit)

cozen; deceive; delude; lead on (be false to; be dishonest with)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Meaning:

Punish unjustly

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

victimise; victimize

Hypernyms (to "victimise" is one way to...):

penalise; penalize; punish (impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody