as in to cheat
to rob by the use of trickery or threats
victimized by a confidence man with a slick story
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Recent Examples of victimize
So many young women in our writers’ room were talking about the true epidemic of confidence issues for young women who are victimized by the way they’ve been taught to speak to themselves.
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Selome Hailu, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
Block is required to pay a minimum amount of $75 million and up to $120 million in refunds to consumers victimized by fraudulent transactions who did not receive refunds they were entitled to, as well as to those whose unauthorized transfers were not adequately investigated by Cash App.
—Anne Marie Lee, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2025
Steve McNew, global leader of blockchain and digital assets at FTI Consulting, thinks some cyber-crypto legislation may happen, especially governing when a company victimized by a ransomware pays their attackers in cryptocurrency.
—Kevin Williams, CNBC, 12 Jan. 2025
But as long as your private information remains private, you would hardly be victimized.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
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Selome Hailu, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
Block is required to pay a minimum amount of $75 million and up to $120 million in refunds to consumers victimized by fraudulent transactions who did not receive refunds they were entitled to, as well as to those whose unauthorized transfers were not adequately investigated by Cash App.
—Anne Marie Lee, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2025
Steve McNew, global leader of blockchain and digital assets at FTI Consulting, thinks some cyber-crypto legislation may happen, especially governing when a company victimized by a ransomware pays their attackers in cryptocurrency.
—Kevin Williams, CNBC, 12 Jan. 2025
But as long as your private information remains private, you would hardly be victimized.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for victimize
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More wearable tech news: Are Halliday's AI smart glasses an amazing new wearable or surefire way to cheat?—
Adam Smith,
USA TODAY,
8 Mar. 2025
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In another trial, an AI even used the semantics of its programmers to reach its cheating phase.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
6 Mar. 2025
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They were all plucked from Gerbi’s orbit of creatives.—
Rhonda Richford,
WWD,
4 Mar. 2025
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Leaving the ‘Touch of Gold’ Holly in the planter, pluck out the cool weather annuals to make room for their summer-friendly counterparts.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
28 Feb. 2025
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Risks remain—policy shifts could stall, or DOGE’s efficiency drive might squeeze budgets—but the upside potential is tantalizing.—
Jaime Catmull,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Goldman Sachs previously estimated that these tariffs could increase inflation by 1 percent while squeezing U.S. company profits and risking retaliatory measures from other nations.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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Sea anemones provide anemonefish with shelter and a secure spawning site thanks to their stinging tentacles.—
Jenny Lehmann,
Discover Magazine,
28 Feb. 2025
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Choosing Slotkin—a moderate who won Michigan's Senate race in November even as Trump carried the state—to deliver the Democratic response may signal a party shift after last year's stinging losses in the general election.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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That s–t just kinda stuck with me, from the n—as that used to hustle and hang out with me.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
27 Feb. 2025
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Garita, on the other hand, hustled for loose balls and rebounds, finishing with just four points but a team-high 10 rebounds.—
Timothy Dashiell,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Feb. 2025
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But appearances can be deceiving because there's a lot of bright side here.—
Shubham Yewale,
PCMAG,
10 Mar. 2025
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Trips down memory lane, especially when Star Wars video games are involved, can be deceiving.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
7 Mar. 2025
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She’s convicted of conspiring to defraud the U.S. government by concealing undeclared foreign accounts, filing false tax returns and evading taxes over a decade, according to a plea agreement with the Justice Department.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
11 Mar. 2025
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The real staffing agency Insight Global posted an alert on its website back in 2022 warning job seekers to not engage with this scam that aims to defraud workers out of money.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
10 Mar. 2025
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Without Messi in Mascherano’s preferred 4-4-2 formation, Inter Miami had a tough time beating Cavalier FC.—
Franco Panizo,
Miami Herald,
7 Mar. 2025
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While those comps are impressive, 2023 numbers were not very tough to beat.—
David Moin,
WWD,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Victimize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/victimize. Accessed 16 Mar. 2025.
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