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victimizes

victimizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of victimize.

Meaning of victimize

Verb

victimize (third-person singular simple present victimizes, present participle victimizing, simple past and past participle victimized)

  1. (transitive) To make (someone) a victim or sacrifice.
  2. (transitive) To punish unjustly.
    • Yet, even as Democratic party leadership has decried this mass deportation plan and even as the bill maligns Democrats as victimizing Americans through its policy of “open borders,” 48 Democratic members of Congress voted for this GOP-backed bill.2025 January 19, Heba Gowayed, “The Laken Riley Act exposes Democrats’ hypocrisy on immigration”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
  3. (transitive) To swindle or defraud.

Questions about victimizes

What is victimizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Victimizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of victimize.

Words near victimizes in the dictionary

  1. victimizations
  2. victimize
  3. victimized
  4. victimizer
  5. victimizers
  6. victimizes
  7. victimizing
  8. victimless
  9. victimless crime
  10. victimless crimes
  11. victimlessness

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