Meaning & use
victimized
Made to suffer unfair treatment, mistreatment, or harm, especially because of a personal characteristic.
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Employees who report fraud should never feel victimized for speaking up.
The elderly couple felt victimized after scammers drained their savings.
A note on using this word
Victimized often implies deliberate, unfair targeting rather than accidental misfortune.
Words with a similar meaning
mistreatedpersecuted
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