victim
[ˈvɪktɪm]
Definition:
1. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance.
2. A person who is tricked or swindled.
'victim' example sentence:
- He claimed he was the victim of a dirty tricks campaign.
- Our heartfelt sympathy goes out to the victims of the war.
- The victim was outside a shop when he was attacked.
- Relatives of the victim watched from the public gallery as the murder charge was read out in court.
- The victim had been stabbed repeatedly in the chest.
- Thousands of earthquake victims are still waiting to be rehoused.
- He was the victim of a very brutal murder.
- Rescuers found victims trapped several feet underground.
- There is nothing more dangerous than someone who thinks of himself as a victim.
- The gunmen stalked the building, looking for victims.
- He was more of a victim than any of the women he supposedly offended.
- The victim's widow was today being comforted by family and friends.
- The family of the victim said that the killer had got his just deserts when he was jailed for life.
- To feminists she is a classic victim of the patriarchal society.
- He had crept up on his unsuspecting victim from behind.
- The victim's wife was last night being kept under sedation in the local hospital.
- Many charities sent money to help the victims of the famine.
- The victim has not yet been named.
- The "victim" revealed he was only playacting.
- Many victims of burglary feel their homes have been defiled.
- When the attack took place, there were no victim support programmes.
- First check that the accident victim doesn't have an obstructed airway.
- The victim suffered a dreadful injury and lost a lot of blood.
- Reports conflicted on how much of the aid was reaching the famine victims.
- All terrorist crime is detestable, whoever the victims.
- He was the victim of calumny.
- She was the innocent victim of an arson attack.
- Schools are the latest victims of cuts in public spending.
- It is the victim who is often put on trial and, to add insult to injury, she is presumed guilty until proven innocent of provoking the rape.
- They hurled abuse at their victim as they doused him with petrol.
- He was a victim of racial prejudice.
- I'm the sole victim of Mother's tyranny.
- The officer spoke yesterday of her role in trying to coax vital information from the young victim.
- They fell victim to eagles.
- The victim was hit by a hail of bullets.
- Throughout the trial, he portrayed himself as the victim.
- The victim lay prone without moving.
- He was innocent and the victim of a frame-up.
- She has kept in close contact with the victims' families.
- The victims were not referred to by name.
- The charity exists to support victims of crime.
- He cast himself as the innocent victim of a hate campaign.
- One of the victims of the fire remains in a critical condition.
- Two crash victims were admitted to the local hospital.
- Most of the crash victims were killed outright.
- The identification of the crash victims was a long and difficult task.
- The father of one victim spoke with remarkable magnanimity.
- His defence says it has found a new witness to back his claim that he is a victim of mistaken identity.
- Millions of people gave freely in response to the appeal for the victims of the earthquake.
- They have begun marshalling forces to send relief to the hurricane victims.
- They rendered assistance to the disaster victims.
- The government announced a day of national mourning for the victims.
- Women and children are feared to be among the victims.
- The victim was clubbed to death with a baseball bat.