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verb (v)

• make a victim of(verb.social)

  Example:
  I was victimized by this con-man.
  

  Synonym:
  victimise
  

  source: wordnet30
• punish unjustly(verb.social)

  source: wordnet30
• deprive of by deceit(verb.social)

  Synonym:
  bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle
  

  source: wordnet30
• To make a victim of, esp. by deception; to dupe; to cheat.(verb)

  source: webster1913