victim

vic|tim

W2S2 [ˈvıktım] n

[Date: 1400-1500; : Latin; Origin: victima 'person or animal killed as a religious offering']

1.) someone who has been attacked, robbed, or murdered

▪ The victim received head injuries from which she died a week later.

rape/murder etc victim

▪ Most homicide victims are under 30.

victim of

▪ victims of crime

▪ a credit card fraud ring that stole millions of dollars from unsuspecting victims

2.) someone who suffers because of something bad that happens or because of an illness

victim of

▪ victims of age discrimination

▪ He was the victim of an administrative error.

▪ a massive aid programme for the famine victims

▪ AIDS victims and other patients who are terminally ill

▪ All these people are innocent victims .

▪ He was used to being in charge, not being the victim of circumstance .

▪ Saying that the unemployed 'don't want to work' is a classic case of blaming the victim .

3.) fall victim to sthwritten

a) to be attacked, killed etc, or to get a particular illness, especially one that kills

▪ One theory is that the hostages fell victim to bandits.

b) to be badly affected or destroyed by a situation

▪ Many small businesses have fallen victim to the recession.

4.) be a victim of its own success

to be badly affected by some unexpected results of being very successful

▪ There are now so many tourists that the area has become a victim of its own success.

5.) sacrificial victim

a person or animal that is killed and offered as a ↑sacrifice (=gift) to a god

6.) fashion/style victim

someone who always wears the most fashionable clothes even if they do not look good in them

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COLLOCATES for sense 2

be the victim of something

famine/earthquake/flood etc victim

cancer/AIDS etc victim

accident/crash victim

innocent victim

victim of circumstance (=someone who suffers because of something they cannot control)

victim mentality (=when someone always thinks of themselves as a victim)

blame the victim

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