Antonyms for victimize

Grammar : Verb

Spell : vik-tuh-mahyz

Phonetic Transcription : ˈvɪk təˌmaɪz

Definition of victimize

Origin : 1830, from victim + -ize. Related: Victimized; victimizing.

verb cheat, fool

Example sentences :

To impose on or to victimize one is to injure him by abusing his confidence.
Extract from : « English Synonyms and Antonyms » by James Champlin Fernald

Their mission is to deceive and victimize the American people.
Extract from : « Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries » by William Hogan

If a man wants to do a mean action, let him not select a woman to victimize.
Extract from : « Rose Clark » by Fanny Fern

I always said he had no business to victimize her, and I am sure of it now!
Extract from : « The Young Step-Mother » by Charlotte M. Yonge

There is a luxury in the idea that on the morrow you will start fresh game, and victimize your tailor for another.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXVIII. February, 1843. Vol. LIII. » by Various

Thus a profligate man could victimize 103 a confiding girl with impunity.
Extract from : « In Jail with Charles Dickens » by Alfred Trumble

She is perfectly innocent in that she has not considered her moral responsibility to the preacher she is about to victimize.
Extract from : « A Circuit Rider's Wife » by Corra Harris

Their universal law granted the right of the strong to victimize the weak either through the power of physical or mental force.
Extract from : « Born Again » by Alfred Lawson

If you choose to victimize yourself by staying here, of course you can do so.
Extract from : « The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, Vols. I to III » by Cuthbert Bede

Most trappers do not take into consideration the keen scent of the animal they hope to victimize.
Extract from : « Steel Traps » by A. R. (Arthur Robert) Harding

Synonyms for victimize

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