Definitions for VICTIM
ˈvɪk təmvic·tim

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 2 votes

1. victimnoun

   an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance

2. victim, dupenoun

   a person who is tricked or swindled

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. victimnoun

   A living creature which is slain and offered as human or animal sacrifice, usually in a religious rite; by extension, the transfigurated body and blood of Christ in the Eucharist.

2. victimnoun

   Anyone who is harmed by another.

3. victimnoun

   An aggrieved or disadvantaged party in a crime (e.g. swindle.)

4. victimnoun

   A person who suffers any other injury, loss, or damage as a result of a voluntary undertaking.

5. victimnoun

   An unfortunate person who suffers from a disaster or other adverse circumstance.

6. victimnoun

   Narratology. A character who is conquered or manipulated by a villain.

7. Etymology: from the Latin victima, sacrificial animal

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Victim

   Victim was the second single from Eighteen Visions self-titled album. The song was featured as the theme song to WWE Vengeance, and has had much airplay on the radio stations. The CD was not released as a single, but rather as a promo, for radio, and collectors.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. victim

   A victim is a person who has been harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime, accident, or other event or action. This term can also refer to a person who is tricked or duped, or someone who has suffered a negative event, especially a great loss.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Victimnoun

   a living being sacrificed to some deity, or in the performance of a religious rite; a creature immolated, or made an offering of

2. Victimnoun

   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. Victimnoun

   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. Victimnoun

   hence, one who is duped, or cheated; a dupe; a gull

5. Etymology: [L. victima: cf. F. victime.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Victim

   Victim is a British drama film directed by Basil Dearden, starring Dirk Bogarde and Sylvia Syms. It is notable in film history for being the first English language film to use the word "homosexual". The world premiere was at the Odeon Cinema in Leicester Square on 31 August 1961. On its release in the United Kingdom it proved highly controversial and was initially banned in the United States.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Victim

   vik′tim, n. a living being offered as a sacrifice: some thing or person destroyed in the pursuit of an object: a person suffering injury: a dupe.—n. Victimīsā′tion.—v.t. Vic′timīse, to make a victim of: to cheat.—n. Vic′timīser, a swindler. [Fr.,—L. victima, a beast for sacrifice, adorned with the fillet—vincīre, to bind.]

Matched Categories

1. • Person
   • Unfortunate

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'VICTIM' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2562

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'VICTIM' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4685

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'VICTIM' in Nouns Frequency: #682

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

1. [["1515","1"],["1524","2"],["1563","10"],["1572","3"],["1582","2"],["1590","14"],["1607","1"],["1626","1"],["1635","16"],["1648","7"],["1649","1"],["1656","1"],["1657","1"],["1658","1"],["1671","1"],["1673","1"],["1674","1"],["1675","1"],["1676","1"],["1677","1"],["1680","1"],["1681","1"],["1683","3"],["1684","1"],["1688","1"],["1692","1"],["1696","4"],["1698","5"],["1700","2"],["1705","1"],["1706","1"],["1708","1"],["1709","7"],["1710","1"],["1711","1"],["1712","3"],["1713","3"],["1714","2"],["1717","14"],["1718","4"],["1719","13"],["1720","2"],["1721","3"],["1722","1"],["1723","1"],["1725","2"],["1726","9"],["1727","4"],["1728","17"],["1729","7"],["1730","26"],["1731","48"],["1732","10"],["1733","15"],["1734","4"],["1735","6"],["1736","17"],["1737","24"],["1738","5"],["1739","5"],["1740","11"],["1741","8"],["1742","9"],["1743","10"],["1744","8"],["1745","20"],["1746","19"],["1747","36"],["1748","52"],["1749","24"],["1750","63"],["1751","20"],["1752","26"],["1753","43"],["1754","75"],["1755","61"],["1756","19"],["1757","44"],["1758","85"],["1759","171"],["1760","137"],["1761","105"],["1762","50"],["1763","112"],["1764","118"],["1765","70"],["1766","118"],["1767","138"],["1768","170"],["1769","166"],["1770","166"],["1771","89"],["1772","110"],["1773","119"],["1774","155"],["1775","119"],["1776","235"],["1777","166"],["1778","128"],["1779","148"],["1780","171"],["1781","270"],["1782","186"],["1783","256"],["1784","199"],["1785","257"],["1786","282"],["1787","436"],["1788","529"],["1789","411"],["1790","535"],["1791","539"],["1792","528"],["1793","540"],["1794","598"],["1795","723"],["1796","836"],["1797","734"],["1798","701"],["1799","1022"],["1800","974"],["1801","1248"],["1802","1315"],["1803","1604"],["1804","1812"],["1805","1682"],["1806","1807"],["1807","1885"],["1808","1737"],["1809","2006"],["1810","1656"],["1811","2340"],["1812","2038"],["1813","1962"],["1814","2222"],["1815","1900"],["1816","2608"],["1817","3005"],["1818","2993"],["1819","2604"],["1820","3655"],["1821","3074"],["1822","4355"],["1823","4363"],["1824","5156"],["1825","5951"],["1826","4415"],["1827","5388"],["1828","5920"],["1829","4588"],["1830","6031"],["1831","5997"],["1832","5838"],["1833","6273"],["1834","6077"],["1835","7723"],["1836","6979"],["1837","5796"],["1838","6831"],["1839","6933"],["1840","7880"],["1841","7953"],["1842","5983"],["1843","7207"],["1844","8172"],["1845","8826"],["1846","9396"],["1847","9072"],["1848","8829"],["1849","9849"],["1850","10307"],["1851","10476"],["1852","11231"],["1853","12340"],["1854","14112"],["1855","12647"],["1856","13976"],["1857","10634"],["1858","10831"],["1859","10908"],["1860","11695"],["1861","8966"],["1862","6879"],["1863","8175"],["1864","9785"],["1865","9748"],["1866","10091"],["1867","9157"],["1868","10048"],["1869","9835"],["1870","10509"],["1871","10143"],["1872","10328"],["1873","9762"],["1874","11518"],["1875","11839"],["1876","11278"],["1877","11135"],["1878","10472"],["1879","10924"],["1880","13661"],["1881","13079"],["1882","14813"],["1883","16885"],["1884","13879"],["1885","14991"],["1886","12008"],["1887","14488"],["1888","14435"],["1889","13123"],["1890","13657"],["1891","14663"],["1892","16065"],["1893","15979"],["1894","15664"],["1895","17385"],["1896","19046"],["1897","17785"],["1898","20161"],["1899","21919"],["1900","27001"],["1901","24472"],["1902","22113"],["1903","19615"],["1904","22802"],["1905","21596"],["1906","22733"],["1907","21875"],["1908","21970"],["1909","20248"],["1910","21293"],["1911","21120"],["1912","23271"],["1913","21932"],["1914","19741"],["1915","17338"],["1916","16562"],["1917","17142"],["1918","15230"],["1919","17434"],["1920","19775"],["1921","17228"],["1922","21360"],["1923","18378"],["1924","17233"],["1925","18542"],["1926","15942"],["1927","18996"],["1928","19265"],["1929","18483"],["1930","19984"],["1931","19712"],["1932","16373"],["1933","14044"],["1934","16513"],["1935","18573"],["1936","19114"],["1937","18092"],["1938","17403"],["1939","18146"],["1940","17183"],["1941","14824"],["1942","14293"],["1943","13113"],["1944","12658"],["1945","12903"],["1946","16867"],["1947","20557"],["1948","21249"],["1949","23907"],["1950","23225"],["1951","23060"],["1952","22556"],["1953","23155"],["1954","25200"],["1955","25999"],["1956","28552"],["1957","29258"],["1958","31376"],["1959","30517"],["1960","33118"],["1961","40150"],["1962","42774"],["1963","44826"],["1964","42633"],["1965","53655"],["1966","51207"],["1967","55912"],["1968","67258"],["1969","68543"],["1970","72204"],["1971","68346"],["1972","74232"],["1973","73951"],["1974","81440"],["1975","85844"],["1976","82377"],["1977","86768"],["1978","96748"],["1979","96518"],["1980","103400"],["1981","98999"],["1982","107587"],["1983","108326"],["1984","108418"],["1985","123519"],["1986","127789"],["1987","136727"],["1988","150896"],["1989","157715"],["1990","171957"],["1991","172124"],["1992","184494"],["1993","184577"],["1994","204967"],["1995","222853"],["1996","243177"],["1997","234432"],["1998","252651"],["1999","271084"],["2000","308754"],["2001","320393"],["2002","341803"],["2003","377159"],["2004","403398"],["2005","394181"],["2006","411601"],["2007","451124"],["2008","505203"]]

How to pronounce VICTIM?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say VICTIM in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of VICTIM in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of VICTIM in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of VICTIM in a Sentence

1. Chester County Rescue Task Force:

   The entry team quickly reached the victim, removed him from the manure and placed him in a stokes basket. He was removed to the outside and decontaminated and assessed by waiting EMS.

2. Lee Merritt:

   The stand your ground action, under the laws of Missouri, are completely inapplicable to this case, because there has been no conversation, not from the suspect, not from the victim and not from law enforcement, that Ralph Yarl, at 16 years old, ever posed a threat to this shooter.

3. Katherine Ramsland:

   During that courtroom hearing, Dennis felt like he was in a position to teach people about who he was, in a way, he also thought of himself as a victim. He thought he had some things in common with the victims … Dennis Rader is Dennis Rader, so he just thought this was a way to present himself.

4. Eric Love:

   140 million Joe Exotic fans had a hard time getting out of bed this morning. We are as disappointed that [Trump] did not sign Joe’s Pardon, as we were confident [Tuesday] that he would. It is only because of you 140 million fans that Joe’s Pardon was even a possibility. Since his trial, the evidence has made it clear that Joe is not guilty but, rather, he is a victim of the persons he trusted most.

5. Alison Parker:

   You always think there's a tipping point. We thought that when Gabby was shot, you know, something would happen. With Sandy Hook, something would happen. With Aurora, something would happen. And it never did, but I think people recognizing who the victim was and what she represented and how kind and sweet and innocent she was, I think this time it's going to be different.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=VICTIM
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Victim
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victim
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/VICTIM
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=VICTIM
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=VICTIM
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=VICTIM