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# victim

«victim» in Mova's school dictionary: **hurt, killed or harmed by someone else, an accident or an…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a victim, victims)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A person or animal that is hurt, killed or harmed by someone else, an accident or an illness: a victim of a crime. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/victim/#m1)

2) Someone who is tricked or cheated: a victim of a scam. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/victim/#m2)

3) Someone who suffers because of something they did not choose: flood victims. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/victim/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In safety lessons it teaches that anyone can be a victim of bullying, scams or accidents, and that it is never the victim's fault; you should tell a trusted adult. In news and stories it names the person something bad happened to. Phrases: fall victim to, a victim of, flood victims, play the victim (pretend to be treated badly).

### examples

- The victim of the robbery called the police. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/victim/#x1)
- Many people fell victim to the fake prize email. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/victim/#x2)
- Volunteers brought food to the flood victims. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/victim/#x3)
- If you are the victim of bullying, tell a teacher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/victim/#x4)
- The fox's victims were three hens. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/victim/#x5)
- He always plays the victim when he loses a game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/victim/#x6)
- The police helped the victims of the crash. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/victim/#x7)
- He bent his shaggy brows upon the poor Athenian victims. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/victim/#x8)

### note

Countable: a victim, victims. "Fall victim to" means become a victim of. Being a victim is not the person's fault. Opposite roles in a crime story: the victim and the culprit (or attacker). In maths word problems it rarely matters for numbers.

### In the corpora

- [Bystanders can help stop bullying by not joining in, supporting the victim and telling an adult.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/34-honesty-fairness-and-kindness/16/)
- [Responsibility, fairness to the victim and loyalty to the friend all matter in such a case.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/45-whistle-blowing-when-to-tell/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «victim» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/victim/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.