Meaning

noun an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance

noun a person who is tricked or swindled

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyk-der. Latin victima Middle French victimebor. English victim From Middle French victime, from Latin victima (“sacrificial animal”). Although this root and victor drive from homophonous PIE roots, they are traditionally reconstructed as separate words and thus not cognates.

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