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Victim

A living being sacrificed to some deity, or in the performance of a religious rite; a creature immolated, or made an offering of.

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Broader term 4

Actor 76% connected

One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

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Doer 76% connected

One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.

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Unfortunate 76% connected

Not fortunate; unsuccessful; not prosperous; unlucky; attended with misfortune; unhappy; as, an unfortunate adventure; an unfortunate man; an unfortu…

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Worker 76% connected

One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

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Butt 76% connected

Alt. of But

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Casualty 76% connected

That which comes without design or without being foreseen; contingency.

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Chump 76% connected

A short, thick, heavy piece of wood.

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Fool 76% connected

A compound of gooseberries scalded and crushed, with cream; -- commonly called gooseberry fool.

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Goat 76% connected

A hollow-horned ruminant of the genus Capra, of several species and varieties, esp. the domestic goat (C. hircus), which is raised for its milk, fles…

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Gull 76% connected

To deceive; to cheat; to mislead; to trick; to defraud.

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Lamb 76% connected

The young of the sheep.

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Laughingstock 76% connected

An object of ridicule; a butt of sport.

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Mark 76% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

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Martyr 76% connected

One who, by his death, bears witness to the truth of the gospel; one who is put to death for his religion; as, Stephen was the first Christian martyr.

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Mug 76% connected

A kind of earthen or metal drinking cup, with a handle, -- usually cylindrical and without a lip.

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Prey 76% connected

Anything, as goods, etc., taken or got by violence; anything taken by force from an enemy in war; spoil; booty; plunder.

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Quarry 76% connected

Same as 1st Quarrel.

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Scapegoat 76% connected

A goat upon whose head were symbolically placed the sins of the people, after which he was suffered to escape into the wilderness.

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Sucker 76% connected

One who, or that which, sucks; esp., one of the organs by which certain animals, as the octopus and remora, adhere to other bodies.

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Sufferer 76% connected

One who suffers; one who endures or undergoes suffering; one who sustains inconvenience or loss; as, sufferers by poverty or sickness; men are suffer…

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Target 76% connected

A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.

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Wretch 76% connected

A miserable person; one profoundly unhappy.

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Derivationally related 4

Slang 74% connected

imp. of Sling. Slung.

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Slang 74% connected

imp. of Sling. Slung.

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Victimize 74% connected

To make a victim of, esp. by deception; to dupe; to cheat.

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Victimize 74% connected

To make a victim of, esp. by deception; to dupe; to cheat.

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Synonym 1

Dupe 92% connected

One who has been deceived or who is easily deceived; a gull; as, the dupe of a schemer.

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