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Plural of victim

regular plural

The plural of victim is victims.

Forms of victim

Singularvictim /ˈvɪktɪm/
Pluralvictims /ˈvɪktɪmz/
Countablecountable

Victims in a sentence

  • the youngest victims of the brutal war
  • Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle.2013 June 8, “Obama goes troll-hunting”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 55
  • One of the accident victims had to be put out by the passers-by.From the entry put out
  • The serial killer had a string of victims across seven states.From the entry serial
  • Trucks plowed through the water to ferry flood victims to safety.From the entry plow

Meaning of victim

  1. noun One that is harmed—killed, injured, subjected to oppression, deceit, or otherwise adversely affected—by someone or something, especially another person or event, force, or condition; in particular.
  2. noun One who is harmed or killed by a crime or scam.
  3. noun One who is harmed or killed by an accident or illness.

Full definition of victim

Questions about the plural of victim

What is the plural of victim?
The plural of victim is victims.
Is victim countable?
Victim is a countable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: victim (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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