VICTIM

noun Etymology: Latin ~a; perhaps akin to Old High German wīh holy Date: 15th century a living being sacrificed to a deity or in the performance of a religious rite, one that is acted on and usually adversely affected by a force or agent , a. one that is injured, destroyed, or sacrificed under any of various conditions , one that is subjected to oppression, hardship, or mistreatment , one that is tricked or duped , ~hood noun