victimization
/vɪktɪmʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/
US pronunciation
American sound/vɪktɪmʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/
vɪktɪmʌɪˈzeɪʃən
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- Final -tion sounds like shun
vɪktɪmʌɪ - ˈzeɪʃən -> victimization
Myanmar meaning
Full entry
victimize, -ise / 'vÇktÇmaÇz / v ~ sb (for sth/ doing sth)
မတရားဖိနှိပ်(ခံရ)သည်။ I was victimized at school because I didn't like games. ❍ Union leaders claimed that some members had been victimized (eg by being dismissed) for taking part in the strike.
❏ victimization , -isation /vÇktÇmaÇ'zeÇʃn; US -mǝ'z- / n [U] မတရားဖိနှိပ်မှု။
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- ‘How does my generation react when an entire community of people is victimized at the hands of religious fanatics in a secular democracy?’
- ‘In many countries people are victimised, terrorised, disappeared or tortured, for publicly, or even privately, expressing dissent.’
- ‘We see women who are the most victimized people in our society.’
- ‘They also accused management of swindling public funds and victimising workers who had complained.’
- ‘Reports that he felt victimized by racism at some point in his life don't unto themselves make his race relevant.’
- ‘I made a decision to speak up against an unjust law in Florida because I was victimized by that law.’
- ‘And they also happen to victimize other innocent people, so the tragedy is compounded.’
- ‘The children are victimised, picked on, beaten up, laughed and jeered at.’
- ‘As far as community activism is concerned, do not victimise people with unfounded and destructive remarks or allegations.’
- ‘In this case, the low-income people are commonly victimized.’
- ‘All photojournalists who respect their subjects find that victimized people are very willing to show the world their lot.’
- ‘So to redefine these people out of the system is not particularly fair and we think that victimises these people.’
- ‘They are victimizing some people who are not able at that point to help themselves out of a jam… I have felt so sorry for victims who didn't know who they were dealing with.’
- ‘A righteous-sounding phrase is being exploited to victimise persons perceived to be a threat to the regime, while others are rewarded with the ill-gotten booty.’
- ‘It is our duty and the duty of every decent human to make sure this vermin is no more and that no more innocent decent people are victimized.’
- ‘I'm tired of people victimizing the enemy by using children as weapons in their war of words.’
- ‘What it basically does is it further victimizes people who have already been devastated.’
- ‘An Internet message board has been pulled amid allegations it was used by bullies to harass and victimise school children.’
- ‘They have to be careful that innocent persons are not victimised.’
- ‘It's not healthy to suffer indefinitely, but to say ‘suffering is a choice’ just further victimises people: I'm choosing to have a hard time!’
Synonyms
discriminate against, persecute, oppress, pick on, make a victim of, have it in for, abuse, single out for punishment, treat unfairly, bamboozle, burn, cheat, chisel, clip, con, cozen, deceive, defraud, dupe, exploit, fleece, flimflam, fool, gull, harass, hoax, hoodwink, ill-treat, immolate, pigeon, prey on, rope in, screw, set up, snow, stack the deck, stiff, sting, sucker, swindle, take advantage of, trick, use
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