victim

«victim» in Mova's school dictionary: hurt, killed or harmed by someone else, an accident or an… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a victim, victims)

meaning for a pupil

1) A person or animal that is hurt, killed or harmed by someone else, an accident or an illness: a victim of a crime. tree →

2) Someone who is tricked or cheated: a victim of a scam. tree →

3) Someone who suffers because of something they did not choose: flood victims. tree →

sense in the lessons

In safety lessons it teaches that anyone can be a victim of bullying, scams or accidents, and that it is never the victim's fault; you should tell a trusted adult. In news and stories it names the person something bad happened to. Phrases: fall victim to, a victim of, flood victims, play the victim (pretend to be treated badly).

examples

• The victim of the robbery called the police. tree →
• Many people fell victim to the fake prize email. tree →
• Volunteers brought food to the flood victims. tree →
• If you are the victim of bullying, tell a teacher. tree →
• The fox's victims were three hens. tree →
• He always plays the victim when he loses a game. tree →
• The police helped the victims of the crash. tree →
• He bent his shaggy brows upon the poor Athenian victims. tree →

note

Countable: a victim, victims. "Fall victim to" means become a victim of. Being a victim is not the person's fault. Opposite roles in a crime story: the victim and the culprit (or attacker). In maths word problems it rarely matters for numbers.

In the corpora

• Bystanders can help stop bullying by not joining in, supporting the victim and telling an adult.
• Responsibility, fairness to the victim and loyalty to the friend all matter in such a case.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «victim» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.