From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Victimize \Vic"tim*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Victimized}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Victimizing}.]
To make a victim of, esp. by deception; to dupe; to cheat.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
victimize
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}]
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