Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

victimize

/ˈvɪktɪmaɪz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.24 in modern English

Syllables: vic-tim-ize
IPA: /ˈvɪktɪmaɪz/

25

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make (someone) a victim or sacrifice.

Transitive verb

verb

To punish unjustly.

Transitive verb

verb

To swindle or defraud.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Yet, even as Democratic party leadership has decried this mass deportation plan and even as the bill maligns Democrats as victimizing Americans through its policy of “open borders,” 48 Democratic members of Congress voted for this GOP-backed bill."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyk-der. Latin victima Middle French victimebor. English victim Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English victimize From victim + -ize.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

victimizes (present, singular) victimizing (participle, present) victimized (participle, past) victimized (past) victimise (alternative)

Derived Forms

cybervictimize devictimize nonvictimizingn revictimize victimizable victimization victimizer

Phrases

self-victimize

Synonyms

victimise swindle rook goldbrick nobble diddle bunco defraud scam mulct hornswoggle short-change

Questions

How do you pronounce victimize?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈvɪktɪmaɪz/.
What does victimize mean?: To make (someone) a victim or sacrifice.
Where does victimize come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyk-der. Latin victima Middle French victimebor. English victim Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English victimize From victim + -ize.

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