Hypertext Webster Gateway: "victim"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Victim \Vic"tim\, n. [L. victima: cf. F. victime.]
1. A living being sacrificed to some deity, or in the
performance of a religious rite; a creature immolated, or
made an offering of.

Led like a victim, to my death I'll go. --Dryden.

2. A person or thing destroyed or sacrificed in the pursuit
of an object, or in gratification of a passion; as, a
victim to jealousy, lust, or ambition.

3. A person or living creature destroyed by, or suffering
grievous injury from, another, from fortune or from
accident; as, the victim of a defaulter; the victim of a
railroad accident.

4. Hence, one who is duped, or cheated; a dupe; a gull.
[Colloq.]

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

victim
n 1: an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse
circumstance
2: a person who is tricked or swindled [syn: {dupe}]


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