Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

victimless

/vˈɪktəmləs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.28 in modern English

Syllables: vic-tim-less
IPA: /vˈɪktəmləs/

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Without a victim.

Example Sentences

"He said that prostitution, drug trafficking, and gambling were victimless crimes."
"They have got fairly liberal laws on victimless crimes, but the Los Angeles police are still busy entrapping homosexualists because the police chief in Los Angeles is very antifag."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyk-der. Latin victima Middle French victimebor. English victim Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English victimless From victim + -less.

Derived Forms

victimlessness

Phrases

victimless crime

Frequently Paired Words

perpetratorless

Questions

How do you pronounce victimless?: The recorded pronunciation is /vˈɪktəmləs/.
What does victimless mean?: Without a victim.
Where does victimless come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyk-der. Latin victima Middle French victimebor. English victim Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English victimless From victim + -less.

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