victim

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) One that is harmed—killed, injured, subjected to oppression, deceived, or otherwise adversely affected—by someone or something, especially another person or event, force, or condition; in particular:
 * the youngest victims of the brutal war
 * victim of a bad decision by a rushed and overworked judge
 * 1) One who is harmed or killed by a crime or scam.
 * victims of assault; the murderer's victims
 * became another victim of the latest scam
 * 1) One who is harmed or killed by an accident or illness.
 * a fundraiser for victims of AIDS; a victim of a car crash
 * 1) One who is harmed or killed as a result of other people's biases, emotions or incompetence, or their own.
 * 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
 * a victim of sexism; victims of a racist system
 * 1) One who is harmed or killed as a result of a natural or man-made disaster or impersonal condition.
 * relief efforts to help victims of the hurricane
 * victim of an optical illusion; victim of a string of bad luck
 * local businesses were the main victims of the economic downturn
 * 1) * 1970 March 12, United States House Committee on Education and Labor, Summary of Legislative Action of the House Education and Labor Committee for the 91st Congress (1st Session) / Educational Technology Act of 1969: Hearing, Ninety-first Congress, Second Session on H.R. 8838 ... March 12, 1970:
 * To some extent the schools and colleges are victims of conditions beyond their control: rapid population growth and mobility, country; to-city migration, unpredictable economic and social changes wrought by technology,
 * 1) A living being which is slain and offered as a sacrifice, usually in a religious rite.
 * 2)  The transfigured body and blood of Christ in the Eucharist.
 * relief efforts to help victims of the hurricane
 * victim of an optical illusion; victim of a string of bad luck
 * local businesses were the main victims of the economic downturn
 * 1) * 1970 March 12, United States House Committee on Education and Labor, Summary of Legislative Action of the House Education and Labor Committee for the 91st Congress (1st Session) / Educational Technology Act of 1969: Hearing, Ninety-first Congress, Second Session on H.R. 8838 ... March 12, 1970:
 * To some extent the schools and colleges are victims of conditions beyond their control: rapid population growth and mobility, country; to-city migration, unpredictable economic and social changes wrought by technology,
 * 1) A living being which is slain and offered as a sacrifice, usually in a religious rite.
 * 2)  The transfigured body and blood of Christ in the Eucharist.
 * 1) A living being which is slain and offered as a sacrifice, usually in a religious rite.
 * 2)  The transfigured body and blood of Christ in the Eucharist.

Usage notes
Many people advise against describing a disabled person as being a victim of the condition that relates to their status as a disabled person and suggest describing a disabled person as having or experiencing that condition instead.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: slagoffer
 * Arabic: ضَحِيَّة
 * Egyptian Arabic: ضحية
 * Hijazi Arabic: ضَحِيَّة
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: zərərçəkən
 * Belarusian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 受害人
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: vítima
 * Georgian: მსხვერპლი, დაზარალებული
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer: ជនរងគ្រោះ
 * Korean:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Latgalian: upere
 * Latvian:
 * Malay:
 * Maori: marurenga, pārurenga, patunga, ori
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Ottoman Turkish: ضحیة, مغدور
 * Persian:
 * Polish:, poszkodowana,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: ìobairteach
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: жр̏тва
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: obeť
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Ukrainian: же́ртва, офі́ра
 * Vietnamese:


 * Afrikaans: slagoffer
 * Armenian: ,
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: vítima
 * Georgian: დაზარალებული, მსხვერპლი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Khmer: ជនរងគ្រោះ
 * Maori: marurenga
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:, poszkodowana,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romani:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: ìobairteach
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: жр̏тва
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: obeť
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: gihod


 * Afrikaans: slagoffer
 * Armenian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: vítima
 * Georgian: მსხვერპლი, დაზარალებული
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Polish: poszkodowana,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: ìobairteach
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: жр̏тва
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: gihod


 * Afrikaans: slagoffer
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian:, пацярпе́лы
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: vítima
 * Georgian: მსხვერპლი, დაზარალებული
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Haitian Creole: viktim
 * Hebrew:, נפגע
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Macedonian: жртва
 * Malay:
 * Maori: marurenga, ori, kaupēhipēhi, tipinga
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: dødsoffer,
 * Nynorsk: dødsoffer
 * Polish:, poszkodowana,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: ìobairteach
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: жр̏тва
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: obeť
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: gihod
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: же́ртва, потерпі́лий
 * Vietnamese:


 * Afrikaans: slagoffer
 * Arabic: أُضْحِيَّة
 * Egyptian Arabic: أضحية
 * Armenian:
 * Assamese: বলি
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Belarusian:, жэ́ртва, афя́ра
 * Bengali: বলি
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Classical Nahuatl: xōchimicqui
 * Czech:
 * Danish:, slagteoffer
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: ohverdus
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: vítima
 * Georgian: მსხვერპლი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: σφάγιον
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean: ,
 * Latgalian: upere, pazīds
 * Latin: victima, hostia
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: жртва
 * Malay:
 * Maltese: vittma
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Old English: onsægednes, tiber
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romani:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: ìobairteach
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: жр̏тва
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: obeť
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: же́ртва, офі́ра
 * Vietnamese:


 * Afrikaans: slagoffer
 * Bulgarian:
 * French:
 * Hebrew:

Verb

 * 1)  To make (something) a victim (especially of a ritual sacrifice); to victimize.