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.
Fraudulent operators are taking advantage "of a regulatory black hole to victimize the public," she added.
We still believe in our creator, we still believe in knowledge, we still believe in freedom." The president contended that rulers "who enslave and victimize the people of the Earth" are coming to envy America's freedom.
Civil libertarians say these are grandstanding acts that victimize the innocent, discriminate against the poor and reek of McCarthyism.