Victimize - Definition

v 1: make a victim of; "I was victimized by this con-man" [syn:
victimize, victimise]
2: punish unjustly [syn: victimize, victimise]
3: deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance";
"She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier
gypped me when he gave me too little change" [syn:
victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble,
diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip,
hornswoggle, short-change, con]