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beat, bilk, bleed, cheat, chisel, chouse, con, cozen, defraud, diddle, do, do in, euchre, fiddle, fleece, flimflam, gaff, gyp, hose [slang], hustle, mulct, nobble [British slang], pluck, ream, rip off, rook, screw, shake down, short, shortchange, skin, skunk, squeeze, stick, stiff, sting, sucker, swindle, thimblerig
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Jail officials worried Epstein could be victimized while in jail. — Skyler Swisher, sun-sentinel.com, "Jeffrey Epsteinâs unusual lockup detailed in records, from jailhouse panties to contraband facial exercise manual," 19 Aug. 2019 The 6-foot-9-inch center has been fined several times in her career and feels victimized because of her size. — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, "DeMarcus Cousinsâs latest injury a devastating blow," 17 Aug. 2019 This gives us valuable insight into how the scams operate while wasting the time these jerks could spend victimizing more vulnerable people. — Washington Post, "Liz Weston: Donât be duped by these phone and email scams," 29 July 2019 To the activists, the case spotlights dirty cops who victimize young black men and prosecutors who railroad them into criminal convictions. — Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com, "Baltimore jury finds Keith Davis Jr. guilty in contentious fourth murder trial," 26 July 2019 The Jacksonville Sheriffâs Office announced on Facebook and Twitter that authorities were searching for the four teens, who allegedly victimized staff members prior to their escape. — Eric Todisco, PEOPLE.com, "Four Inmates Allegedly Faked Fight to Escape Florida Juvenile Detention Center," 22 July 2019 The Cluffs were clearly victimized: Their family barely made it out alive, their house was destroyed, their children were traumatized. — Leah Sottile, Longreads, "Chapter One: A Quiet Man," 15 July 2019 In Game 1, Maxwell hit a seventh-inning solo shot off Don Larsen, then victimized the Yanks with a two-run homer in the first inning off Duke Mass, a three-run blast in the fourth off Johnny Kucks and a solo homer in the seventh off Zach Monroe. — Bill Dow, Detroit Free Press, "How Tigers' Charlie Maxwell became 'Sunday Charlie,' one sabbath blast at a time," 14 July 2019 The stories that were reported in the African American press would tend to be pointing to how the African American [perpetrator] was victimized within the system as well. — Anna North, Vox, "Queer true crime stories of the past show how the press stoked fear of gay men," 11 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'victimize.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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