(~s, victimizing, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
Note: in BRIT, also use 'victimise'
If someone is ~d, they are deliberately treated unfairly.
He felt the students had been ~d because they’d voiced opposition to the government.
VERB: be V-ed, also V n
victimization
...society’s cruel victimization of women.
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