| casualty |
a victim of a severe accident, esp. one that results in death. [1/5 definitions] |
| catalepsy |
a condition, often associated with epilepsy and schizophrenia, in which the body becomes numb and the limbs rigid, and the victim loses consciousness or fails to respond to external stimuli. |
| cheat |
to make the victim of a hoax; trick; fool. [1/11 definitions] |
| confidence game |
any swindle made possible by first gaining the confidence of the victim; con game; con. |
| confidence trick |
(chiefly British) any swindle made possible by first gaining the confidence of the victim; confidence game; con game; con. |
| con game |
shortened form of "confidence game," a swindle made possible by first gaining the confidence of the victim. |
| corpus delicti |
in a case of suspected murder, the body of the victim. [1/2 definitions] |
| date rape |
the act of rape committed by a person who is on a date or in a date-like social situation with the victim. |
| doormat |
one who is a habitual victim of others. [1/2 definitions] |
| double cross |
(informal) a betrayal or swindle accomplished by a course of action contrary to that previously agreed upon with the victim. [1/2 definitions] |
| inside job |
(informal) a crime committed by someone with intimate knowledge of, or association with, the victim or the victim's property or premises. |
| iron maiden |
a medieval instrument of torture consisting of a coffinlike case in which a victim was impaled on spikes. |
| mark1 |
(informal) the intended victim of a swindle. [1/16 definitions] |
| prey |
one that becomes a victim. [1/7 definitions] |
| victimize |
to make a victim of. [1/2 definitions] |
| victimless |
lacking any victim or injured party, as certain crimes. |
| victimless crime |
a crime, such as gambling, that involves no obvious victim. |
| water torture |
a form of torture involving the incessant dripping of water on the forehead of an immobilized victim. |
| wreak |
to make someone the victim or object of (one's anger, resentment, or the like). [1/2 definitions] |