victim

Victim — or victims may refer to: * in criminology, the victim of a crime. * in forensics, the name (VICTIMS Identification Project) of the National Database for Unidentified Human Remains in the United States * in religion, an animal sacrifice or human… …   Wikipedia

victim — victim, prey, quarry denote a person or animal killed or injured for the ends of the one who kills or injures. Victim primarily applies to a living creature, usually an animal, sometimes a person, that is killed and offered as a sacrifice to a… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

Victim — Vic tim, n. [L. victima: cf. F. victime.] [1913 Webster] 1. A living being sacrificed to some deity, or in the performance of a religious rite; a creature immolated, or made an offering of. [1913 Webster] Led like a victim, to my death I ll go.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Victim — Título Víctima Los Vulnerables Ficha técnica Dirección Basil Dearden Producción Michael Relph Guion …   Wikipedia Español

victim — ► NOUN 1) a person harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime or accident. 2) a person who is tricked or duped. 3) an animal or person killed as a religious sacrifice. ● fall victim to Cf. ↑fall victim to ORIGIN Latin victim …   English terms dictionary

victim — [vik′təm] n. [L victima, victim, beast for sacrifice < IE base * weik , to separate > OE wig, idol, wicce,WITCH] 1. a person or animal killed as a sacrifice to a god in a religious rite 2. someone or something killed, destroyed, injured, or …   English World dictionary

victim — I noun casualty, complainant, complaining witness, hostia, injured, prey, quarry, sufferer, target, unfortunate person, unlucky person, victima II index cadaver, captive, corpse …   Law dictionary

victim — (n.) late 15c., living creature killed and offered as a sacrifice to a deity or supernatural power, from L. victima person or animal killed as a sacrifice. Perhaps distantly connected to O.E. wig idol, Goth. weihs holy, Ger. weihen consecrate (Cf …   Etymology dictionary

victim — [n] someone or something sacrificed, preyed upon babe in woods*, butt, casualty, clown, dupe, easy make*, easy mark*, fatality, fool, gambit, gopher*, gudgeon*, gull, hireling, hunted, immolation, injured party, innocent, mark, martyr, patsy,… …   New thesaurus

victim — vic|tim W2S2 [ˈvıktım] n [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: victima person or animal killed as a religious offering ] 1.) someone who has been attacked, robbed, or murdered ▪ The victim received head injuries from which she died a week later.… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

victim — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ hapless, helpless, innocent, poor, unfortunate, unwilling ▪ He defrauded his innocent victims of millions. ▪ unsuspecting …   Collocations dictionary