as in cheated
to rob by the use of trickery or threats
victimized by a confidence man with a slick story
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Recent Examples of victimized
Elderly people are frequently victimized, but they are rarely abducted.
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Amelia Mugavero, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
So the image of the everyday victimized finally getting a chance to confront the supposedly untouchable masters of the universe provides a present-tense thrill that is undeniably powerful.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 5 Feb. 2026
Lies feeling personally victimized yet weirdly tempted to rewatch the mess all over again!
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026
After being victimized by a pair of Bulls blow-bys in his initial stint, there was no additional stint, with Jovic instead moved up when Adebayo went out.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2026
Yards from San Diego to Arizona and even the famed Huntington botanical gardens in San Marino have all been victimized by theft.
—Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
Pflugerville police are encouraging anyone who may have been victimized by Field or who has related information to contact investigators.
—Dante Motley, Austin American Statesman, 29 Jan. 2026
These harsh outcomes raise serious concerns about equity and undermine confidence in the fairness of our tax system, particularly for taxpayers who acted in good faith and were victimized.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Orlando is not being victimized here; we are being validated.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2026
Amelia Mugavero, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
So the image of the everyday victimized finally getting a chance to confront the supposedly untouchable masters of the universe provides a present-tense thrill that is undeniably powerful.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 5 Feb. 2026
Lies feeling personally victimized yet weirdly tempted to rewatch the mess all over again!
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026
After being victimized by a pair of Bulls blow-bys in his initial stint, there was no additional stint, with Jovic instead moved up when Adebayo went out.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2026
Yards from San Diego to Arizona and even the famed Huntington botanical gardens in San Marino have all been victimized by theft.
—Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
Pflugerville police are encouraging anyone who may have been victimized by Field or who has related information to contact investigators.
—Dante Motley, Austin American Statesman, 29 Jan. 2026
These harsh outcomes raise serious concerns about equity and undermine confidence in the fairness of our tax system, particularly for taxpayers who acted in good faith and were victimized.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Orlando is not being victimized here; we are being validated.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for victimized
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McMann hunted, but never cheated, for offence.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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Experts say such scam operations in Cambodia and elsewhere have cheated people around the world out of billions of dollars and tricked people from many countries to work in them under slave-like conditions.—
Sakchai Lalit,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2026
Verb
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His attacker, the man in black, was hustled off the stage.—
Anderson Cooper,
CBS News,
9 Feb. 2026
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As the lights came up, Taylor had already been hustled out, as had Arnaud.—
Eve Batey,
Vanity Fair,
7 Feb. 2026
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Over at Azur on Luminara, the menu reinvents itself every two days to mirror the port of call, like someone plucked the best taverna dishes off the coast and casually plated them in front of you.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Feb. 2026
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This is ideal for decades of sliding across the ice, because bigger mineral grains are more likely to get plucked out by the ice, leaving holes in the surface that could cause unpredictable behavior.—
Andrea Thompson,
Scientific American,
10 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The loss certainly stung for Maye.—
Greg Dudek,
Hartford Courant,
9 Feb. 2026
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One pocket of tech that has faced a lot of pressure have been software firms, with the shares of companies like SAP, Salesforce, and ServiceNow all stung the last six months, as Reuters reports, because of rising fears that AI could disrupt their business models.—
John Kell,
Fortune,
4 Feb. 2026
Verb
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In an ecosystem squeezed by the brutal economics of streaming and the continuing struggles of the theatrical model, far too many worthy films go unsold and unseen.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Feb. 2026
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Tens of billions of dollars in corporate loans are likely to default over the next year as companies, especially software and data services firms owned by private equity, get squeezed by the AI threat, Mish said in a Wednesday research note.—
Hugh Son,
CNBC,
13 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Was Tony Kiritsis really screwed out of a legitimate business deal?—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
5 Feb. 2026
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Basically, our government helped the rich get richer while working families got screwed.—
Ana María Archila,
New York Daily News,
30 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The crucial employment snapshot is slightly delayed because of the brief government shutdown and will show whether the trajectory improved for the US labor market, which has been stuck in a low-hire and low-fire lull.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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Meanwhile, a high-speed rail proposal between Dallas and Fort Worth is stuck in limbo, stemming from objections to where a route would connect in Dallas, per KERA.—
Sasha Richie,
Dallas Morning News,
10 Feb. 2026
Verb
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And don’t be deceived by Saturday’s sunny skies as the high will be 32 with wind chills as low as 9 degrees.—
Amanda McCoy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Jan. 2026
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Challengers should give Marylanders the option to choose a new direction and remove the need to confront the painful reality that they were deceived.—
Torrey Snow,
Baltimore Sun,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Victimized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/victimized. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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