victim

Definition of Victim in English :

1. victim

an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance

2. dupe, victim

a person who is tricked or swindled

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Victim

noun

1.

a person or thing that suffers harm, death, etc, from another or from some adverse act, circumstance, etc

victims of tyranny

2.

a person who is tricked or swindled; dupe

3.

a living person or animal sacrificed in a religious rite

noun

1.

a person or animal killed as a sacrifice to a god in a religious rite

2.

someone or something killed, destroyed, injured, or otherwise harmed by, or suffering from, some act, condition, or circumstance

victims of war

3.

a person who suffers some loss, esp. by being swindled

n.

1. One who is harmed or killed by another, especially by someone committing a criminal or unlawful act: a victim of a mugging.

2. A living creature slain and offered as a sacrifice during a religious rite.

3. One who is harmed by or made to suffer under a circumstance or condition: victims of war; victims of an epidemic; victims of poverty.

4. A person who is tricked, swindled, or taken advantage of: the victim of a cruel hoax.