How to Use victim in a Sentence
victim
noun
- He was the victim of an error.
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The victim tried to drive away but was shot in the process.
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Henri Hollis,
ajc,
12 July 2023
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The male victim was close to a small shed and the dog kennel on the left.
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CBS News,
4 Mar. 2023
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The suspects hit the victims in the face and body, police said.
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Matt Foster,
ABC News,
5 Oct. 2024
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The young boy was the first victim of ransom in the United States.
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Fox News,
27 July 2024
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In that case, too, the victims paid the hackers' ransom.
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Andy Greenberg,
WIRED,
4 Mar. 2024
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Court records show that the victim was shot in the head but survived the attack.
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Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
21 June 2024
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On Friday, the names of the 18 victims who lost their lives were released.
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Chris Eberhart,
Fox News,
1 Nov. 2023
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One of the victims who died lived in an apartment on the same block on which the body was found Wednesday.
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Peter Hermann,
Washington Post,
5 Jan. 2024
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Kevin Bohlin signed the names of the four victims from the area’s Deaf community who were killed.
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Alexandra E. Petri,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Oct. 2023
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At least one of the employees in the break room at the time of the shooting was a victim in the battery case, Gray said.
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Morgan Winsor,
ABC News,
20 Jan. 2023
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And, my thoughts go out to anyone who, like me, has ever been the victim of any kind of abuse.
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Isabela Raygoza,
Billboard,
6 Jan. 2023
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The older victim was the mother of the baby and was pregnant.
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Chron,
19 Feb. 2023
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One man who was involved in the argument came back, stabbed the victim in the arm, then fled.
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Kristen Taketa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Mar. 2023
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His victims — nine who died and one who was injured — were all Black.
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Jaweed Kaleem,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Aug. 2023
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The researcher and theft victim next turned to crime forums on the dark web and YouTube videos discussing how to steal cars.
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Dan Goodin,
Ars Technica,
7 Apr. 2023
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The attack did not break the skin of the victim; Game and Fish did not say if the victim was treated for rabies.
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The Arizona Republic,
29 Mar. 2024
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The victim was rushed to the Harlem Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
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Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
Fox News,
22 June 2024
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According to the courts, police, and those closest to Franke, the kids are victims.
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Ct Jones,
Rolling Stone,
12 Sep. 2023
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The victim who died in the shooting has not yet been identified.
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Stephanie Guerilus,
ABC News,
24 Dec. 2022
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Boyle compared Jenkins to a fraud victim who still believes in the scam.
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Rachel Weiner,
Washington Post,
6 Oct. 2023
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The two men got out of the car, at which point Sanchez shot the victim, according to the prosecutor.
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City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Jan. 2024
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The last of the victims’ bodies was recovered last week.
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Lea Skene,
Fortune,
15 May 2024
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Like a lot of journalists over the past two decades, Ketchum was a victim of staff cutbacks.
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Kent Somers,
The Arizona Republic,
27 Jan. 2023
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All five victims were in their 60s and the three survivors were being treated for burns.
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Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Aug. 2023
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Police said at the time that the victim appeared to have been targeted.
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Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
30 Oct. 2023
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Police say the man killed by the officers was one of the people who struck these victims.
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Karina Atkins,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Aug. 2024
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For crime victims, or for people in there fighting, [true crime] is not a genre.
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Sean Malcolm,
Rolling Stone,
19 Aug. 2024
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The trap of social expectations has captured its latest victim in Dwyane Wade.
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Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
28 Oct. 2024
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Authorities have not publicly identified the victim, who is being referred to as a John Doe.
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Samira Asma-Sadeque,
People.com,
28 Oct. 2024
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