meaning of victims

1. A living being sacrificed to some deity, or in the performance of a religious rite; a creature immolated, or made an offering of.
2.
A person or thing destroyed or sacrificed in the pursuit of an object, or in gratification of a passion; as, a victim to jealousy, lust, or ambition.
3.
A person or living creature destroyed by, or suffering grievous injury from, another, from fortune or from accident; as, the victim of a defaulter; the victim of a railroad accident.
4.
Hence, one who is duped, or cheated; a dupe; a gull.
5.
an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance


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