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] |