{
    "term": "victim",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a person who has been attacked, injured or killed as the result of a crime, a disease, an accident, etc.",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**shooting/murder victims**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**flood/crash/accident victims**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an **innocent/unsuspecting victim**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**victims of crime/abuse/violence**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the **alleged victim** of a serious assault"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Several countries have pledged millions of dollars to **help the victims** of the tsunami."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The team will try to identify potential victims of domestic violence."
                },
                {
                    "text": "flood/disaster/earthquake/hurricane victims"
                },
                {
                    "text": "cancer/stroke/heart attack victims"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**families/relatives of the victims**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "expressions of sympathy for the **victims and their families**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He made a victim impact statement to the court."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The primary victims of this violence are always civilians."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He managed to lure victims into his car."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In his trial, he tried to portray himself as the victim of an uncaring society."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He targeted younger victims."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Not all victims have been identified yet."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The cut in benefits for the unemployed is a classic case of blaming the victim."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government is sending aid to flood victims."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The intended victims were selected because they seemed vulnerable."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The train crash claimed its tenth victim yesterday when the driver died in hospital."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The victim suffered severe cuts to the upper lip."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Stop playing the victim—you knew exactly what was happening."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I try not to feel sorry for myself or have a victim mentality."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We prefer to describe ourselves as survivors of abuse rather than victims."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a bill aimed at compensating victims of air pollution"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a service to remember the victims of the terrorist attacks"
                },
                {
                    "text": "groups claiming victim status"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the child victims of the war"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the failure to protect domestic-violence victims"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A new programme will assist stroke victims for whom mobility has become difficult."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He shouldn't feel ashamed—he was an innocent victim."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Health problems", "Crime and punishment", "Social issues"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["hapless", "helpless", "innocent"],
                "verb + victim": ["be", "become", "fall"],
                "victim + verb": ["die", "survive (something)", "suffer (something)"],
                "victim + noun": ["culture", "mentality", "status"],
                "preposition": ["victim of"],
                "phrases": ["play the victim", "a victim of your/​its own success"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a person who has been tricked",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They were the victims of a cruel hoax."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The site offers help and advice for anyone who has been the victim of a scam."
                },
                {
                    "text": "ways to avoid becoming a victim of fraud"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She defrauded her unsuspecting victims of millions of pounds."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He defrauded his innocent victims of millions of pounds."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Tourists are easy victims for pickpockets."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We have become willing victims of fake news, disinformation and propaganda."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "target",
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["hapless", "helpless", "innocent"],
                "verb + victim": ["be", "become", "fall"],
                "victim + verb": ["die", "survive (something)", "suffer (something)"],
                "victim + noun": ["culture", "mentality", "status"],
                "preposition": ["victim of"],
                "phrases": ["play the victim", "a victim of your/​its own success"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a person or thing that is badly affected by a situation, a decision, etc.",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Schools are the latest victims of cuts in public spending."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The small company became **a victim of its own success **when it could not supply all its orders on time."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "an animal or a person that is killed and offered as a sacrifice",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a sacrificial victim"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["hapless", "helpless", "innocent"],
                "verb + victim": ["be", "become", "fall"],
                "victim + verb": ["die", "survive (something)", "suffer (something)"],
                "victim + noun": ["culture", "mentality", "status"],
                "preposition": ["victim of"],
                "phrases": ["play the victim", "a victim of your/​its own success"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be injured, cheated, damaged or killed by somebody/something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Many plants have fallen victim to the sudden frost."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her son fell victim to tuberculosis."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Unfortunately, she fell victim to an unscrupulous landlord."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈvɪktɪm/",
                "audio": "vi/victim/victim__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈvɪktɪm/",
                "audio": "vi/victim/victim__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 15th cent. (denoting a creature killed as a religious sacrifice): from Latin victima."
}