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(vik′tim) noun
1. A living creature sacrificed to some deity or as a religious rite.
2. A person sacrificed in the pursuit of some object; one who is injured or killed, as by misfortune or calamity.
3. A sufferer from any diseased condition or morbid feeling.
4. One who is swindled; a dupe. [<L victima a beast for sacrifice]
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