OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 11200

victim

/ˈvɪktɪm/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
víctima
One that is harmed—killed, injured, subjected to oppression, deceit, or otherwise adversely affected—by someone or something, especially another person or event, force, or condition; in particular:
a victim of his own pride; a victim of her own incompetence
the newcomer never managed to make friends, a victim of the town's deep distrust of outsiders
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