How to Use victimize in a Sentence

victimize

verb

• They were victimized because of their religion.
• Matthews took care of the rest by victimizing the Eagles safeties in the open field.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Nov. 2019
• The first, of course, was the song’s reason for being: to save the lives of Ethiopians victimized by famine.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 29 Jan. 2024
• Once again, the Wolverines were victimized by a Big Ten center.
  — Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press, 12 Jan. 2020
• The problems have been coming fast and furious, and the Saints have been victimized twice.
  — Mark Maske, The Denver Post, 18 Sep. 2019
• But, as time goes on, society as a whole is victimized.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 15 Dec. 2023
• Here are a few simple steps consumers can take to help them avoid being victimized by their banks.
  — Ken Tumin, CBS News, 25 July 2023
• Both were victimized by a drop, but the performances in large part mirrored each other.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 11 Aug. 2023
• As the victim in this case, Mr. Henley has once again been victimized by this unjust outcome.
  — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2024
• Making amends will require more support for the women who were victimized in the first place, Johnson said.
  — Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 13 Dec. 2019
• Curtis Riley: The Raider safety was victimized on two plays when the Vikings drove 76 yards on six plays for a game-opening touchdown.
  — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2019
• He also was victimized during Vikings’ tight end Kyle Rudolph’s touchdown catch in the fourth quarter.
  — oregonlive, 3 Dec. 2019
• Petersen’s lawyer, Scott Williams, said his client did not victimize anyone.
  — Sara Tabin, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 Apr. 2021
• And at a certain point, that person is going to victimize somebody else.
  — Adam Sabes, Fox News, 16 Aug. 2022
• But the total number of women victimized by Williams could be much higher.
  — Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 19 Oct. 2023
• Some of the companies that covered me have been sued, leaving a trail of cancer survivors victimized again by their junk plans.
  — Laura Packard, The Denver Post, 23 Dec. 2019
• And there’s even bigger gaps: One man remembers being victimized in March of this year by a woman — yet all the people who have been charged are men.
  — Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 20 Nov. 2023
• The bank should have acted on obvious signs that Yaffe was being victimized in a case of elder abuse, the lawsuit alleged.
  — Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2024
• Hopkins used the tactic to victimize Okudah in Arizona on Week 3.
  — Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 28 Oct. 2020
• The order would allow for the release of more than 1,800 inmates, which Barnes and Spitzer believe would create more crime and victimize more people.
  — David Aaro, Fox News, 15 Dec. 2020
• Publicly spreading information about the child could re-victimize the child in the future, Powers said.
  — Brandi Addison, Dallas News, 3 Sep. 2020
• The Thursday press release also included tips from the IRS on how the checks or direct deposits will be made and also on how to avoid being victimized.
  — John MacCormack, ExpressNews.com, 9 Apr. 2020
• The 48-year-old waged a two-year legal battle against extradition to Lithuania on charges linked to her claims a pedophile network victimized her 4-year-old niece.
  — Chicago Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com, 16 Oct. 2019
• Climate change, the cure for cancer, an end to war or, at least, an end to fear that we’ll be victimized by crime or terrorism, all of these have been touted as benefits of the coming AI age.
  — Robert Evans, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2024
• World & Nation Teen girls are being victimized by deepfake nudes.
  — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2024
• Just 32% argued he was being unfairly victimized, the poll found.
  — Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 24 Sep. 2023
• The idea that one man could allegedly victimize so many women and be released from his sentence was unimaginable.
  — John Duffy, CNN, 2 July 2021
• But the methodology YouGov uses, known in the polling world as opt-in panels, can be victimized by bogus respondents.
  — David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2024
• In fact, the Saints have been victimized by some serious Louisiana Voodoo.
  — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2020
• Fortunately, the young women whom the defendant sought to victimize were able to escape.
  — Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 28 Sep. 2022

Last Updated: 28 May 2024