Webster's English Dictionary

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victim

vic.tim \'vik-t*m\ n [L victima; akin to OHG wi-h holy, Skt vinakti he sets 
   apa]rt 1: a living being sacrificed to a deity or in the performance of a 
   religiou s rite 2: someone injured, destroyed, or sacrificed under any of 
   various condition s 3: someone tricked or duped