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
The Tribune spoke with multiple people victimized by this scam, and while some say that the con is nothing new, the rise in popularity of Apple Pay, PayPal and tap-to-pay credit card transactions has allowed scammers to take off with thousands of dollars from people on the street.
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Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2025
Prosecutors and police say the logjam can delay charges against dangerous criminals, leaving them free to victimize others.
—Ames Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 20 Mar. 2025
Members of both the SVU team and Law & Order's 27th Precinct will investigate a series of rapes and murders victimizing marginalized women.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 18 Mar. 2025
Personal crime, which police measure by the number of victims not incidents, there were 167 fewer people victimized in 2024 than in 2023, with reported crimes totaling 1,000 last year.
—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2025
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Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2025
Prosecutors and police say the logjam can delay charges against dangerous criminals, leaving them free to victimize others.
—Ames Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 20 Mar. 2025
Members of both the SVU team and Law & Order's 27th Precinct will investigate a series of rapes and murders victimizing marginalized women.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 18 Mar. 2025
Personal crime, which police measure by the number of victims not incidents, there were 167 fewer people victimized in 2024 than in 2023, with reported crimes totaling 1,000 last year.
—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2025
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Getty Images Photo: Getty Images Okay, cheating here a little, as Zendaya has already been cast as Ronnie Spector in Barry Jenkins’s biopic of the iconic singer and lead of the ’60s girl group the Ronettes.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
3 Apr. 2025
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Trump cheers major voter ID win — says Dems can’t 'cheat' anymore.—
FOXNews.com,
FOXNews.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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Those commercial jobs grew scarce because of the consolidation of ad agencies and the rise of marketing content plucked from social media.—
Steven Kurutz,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Whether picked from your garden or plucked from the farmer’s market, fresh asparagus is one of the surest signs of spring.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Mar. 2025
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Carving her own musical lane in an industry so determined to squeeze her into a box has been a challenge, but PinkPantheress isn’t one to let outside voices get to her.—
Chris Malone Méndez,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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The New York Times: In pressing forward with its assault on Gaza, Israel hopes to squeeze Hamas into releasing the remaining hostages.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
4 Apr. 2025
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Hit the ball too far up the handle, or off the end of the head, and the bat will flex and vibrate, transferring less energy to the ball and stinging the batter’s hands.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2025
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Pets who have an encounter with stinging caterpillars will need a vet visit ASAP.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
1 Apr. 2025
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The brand sponsors hustling to join the crew hope the ride is just getting started.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
20 Mar. 2025
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In 2023, his final year with the Boston Red Sox, manager Alex Cora benched him twice, the first time in June for a failure to hustle on the base paths, and then again in August allegedly for showing up late to the ballpark.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
8 Mar. 2025
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More than a dozen state attorneys general also have sued TikTok, alleging last year that the company deceived users about its child safety tools and deployed harmful features to keep children on the platform longer to maximize profits.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
4 Apr. 2025
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There is evidence of motivated malicious actors abusing the 'verified account' to deceive users.—
Jon Brodkin,
ArsTechnica,
4 Apr. 2025
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Prosecutors in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo had alleged the couple defrauded a hospitality company by canceling nearly $117,000 in credit card transactions.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2025
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The move, initially reported by the New York Times in late 2021, led to an FBI investigation and eventually a trial in which Watson was found guilty of defrauding investors.—
Sara Fischer,
Axios,
29 Mar. 2025
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Her decision to turn down the Apple beat at the Journal in 2007, the year the iPhone was released, in order to pursue an M.F.A. in fiction propels an exploration of how much human creativity depends on the ideas and labor of others.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2025
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Her defense has raised the possibility that someone else beat him to death and left him in the cold.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Victimize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/victimize. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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