a person or animal that is hurt, injured, or killed by an accident, crime, or disaster
Paramedics arrived quickly to help the victim of the car crash.
The fire's only victim suffered minor burns, thanks to the fast-acting neighbors.
✦ From Latin victima meaning ‘sacrificial animal; person killed’. The sense widened in the 17th century to anyone who suffers harm.
a person who is tricked, cheated, or treated unfairly
The elderly man was a victim of an online banking scam.
She felt like a victim when her colleagues took credit for her idea.
someone who suffers from a situation or influence rather than a direct attack
Many families became victim of the economic downturn.
He is a victim of his own success, working nonstop to keep his business growing.
in ancient or religious contexts, a creature or person offered as a sacrifice to a god
The tribe laid the victim upon the stone altar during the ritual.
In some myths, a king would volunteer as the victim to save his people.
