- victim
- nounADJECTIVE▪ hapless, helpless, innocent, poor, unfortunate, unwilling▪
He defrauded his innocent victims of millions.
▪ unsuspecting, unwitting▪ easy▪Tourists are easy victims for pickpockets.
▪ passive▪ willing▪In his fantasies, women became passive and sometimes even willing victims.
▪ intended, potential▪The intended victims were selected because they seemed vulnerable.
▪ alleged▪ primary▪Boys are the primary victims of corporal punishment.
▪ child, elderly, young▪the child victims of the war
▪ female, male▪ civilian▪ injured▪ AIDS, cancer, heart-attack, plague, stroke▪ burn (esp. AmE), burns (BrE)▪ genocide, Holocaust▪ bomb, bombing▪ accident, crash▪ disaster, earthquake, famine, flood, hurricane, tsunami▪The government is sending aid to flood victims.
▪ abuse, assault, crime, domestic-violence, homicide (esp. AmE), identity-theft, incest, kidnap, lynching (esp. AmE), murder, rape, terror, torture, etc.▪The helpline takes calls from child-abuse victims.
▪the failure to protect domestic-violence victims
▪ gunshot▪ suicide▪ sacrificial▪ fashion▪She's a fashion victim (= wears the newest fashions even if they do not suit her).
VERB + VICTIM▪ be, become, fall▪ways to avoid becoming a victim of fraud
▪Her son fell victim to tuberculosis.
▪ portray sb as▪In his trial, he tried to portray himself as the victim of an uncaring society.
▪ claim▪The train crash claimed its tenth victim yesterday when the driver died in hospital.
▪ compensate▪a bill aimed at compensating victims of air pollution
▪ blame▪The cut in benefits for the unemployed is a classic case of blaming the victim.
▪ aid, assist, help▪ rescue, save▪ treat▪ stalk▪ lure▪He managed to lure victims into his car.
▪ choose, select, target▪He targeted younger victims, often single women.
▪ identify▪Not all victims have been identified yet.
▪ commemorate, honour/honor, remember▪a service to remember the victims of the terrorist attacks
▪ buryVICTIM + VERB▪ die▪ survive (sth)▪ suffer (sth)▪The victim suffered severe cuts to the upper lip.
VICTIM + NOUN▪ culture, mentality▪This victim mentality is sadly all too prevalent in our country.
▪ status▪groups claiming victim status
▪ impact statement▪states which allow victims to make a victim impact statement
▪ advocate (AmE)PREPOSITION▪ victim of▪They were the victims of a cruel hoax.
PHRASES▪ play the victim▪Stop playing the victim—you knew exactly what was happening.
▪ a victim of your/its own success▪The small company became a victim of its own success when it could not supply all its orders on time.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
