Category:Victim

Vic"tim, n. Etym: [l. victima: cf. F. victime.]

1. A living being sacrificed to some deity, or in the performance of A religious rite; a creature immolated, or made an offering of. Led like a victim, to my death i'll go. Dryden.

2. A person or thing destroyed or sacrificed in the pursuit of an Object, or in gratification of a passion; as, a victim to jealousy, Lust, or ambition.

3. A person or living creature destroyed by, or suffering grievous Injury from, another, from fortune or from accident; as, the victim Of a defaulter; the victim of a railroad accident.

4. Hence, one who is duped, or cheated; a dupe; a gull. [colloq.]