English noun: victim |
1. | victim (person) an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance |
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| Broader (hypernym) | unfortunate, unfortunate person |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | casualty, casualty, fair game, hunted person, injured party, martyr, martyr, muggee, murderee, poor devil, prey, punching bag, quarry, scapegoat, sufferer, target, whipping boy, wretch |
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2. | victim (person) a person who is tricked or swindled |
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| Synonyms | dupe |
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| Broader (hypernym) | individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | butt, chump, easy mark, fall guy, fool, goat, gull, lamb, laughingstock, mark, mug, patsy, sitting duck, soft touch, stooge, sucker |
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