VICTIMIZE

v. 1 prey on, pursue, go after, pick on, bully, take advantage of, persecute, exploit, use Increasingly, older people are being victimized by unscrupulous relatives 2 cheat, swindle, bilk, defraud, dupe, hoodwink, deceive, gull, fool, trick, outwit, outsmart, outfox, Colloq snooker, flimflam, Slang suck or sucker in, screw, shaft, take (in), rook The confidence team used the old Spanish handkerchief trick to victimize unsuspecting tourists