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| Date: | 1400-1500 |
| Language: | Latin |
| Origin: | victima 'person or animal killed as a religious offering' |
Related topics:1SC someone who has been attacked, robbed, or murdered : 
The victim received head injuries from which she died a week later.
The victim received head injuries from which she died a week later.2 someone who suffers because of something bad that happens or because of an illness COLLOCATIONS 
COLLOCATIONS 
be the victim of something famine/earthquake/flood etc victim cancer/AIDS etc victim accident/crash victim innocent victim victim of circumstance (=someone who suffers because of something they cannot control) victim mentality (=when someone always thinks of themselves as a victim) blame the victim
COLLOCATIONS be the victim of something famine/earthquake/flood etc victim cancer/AIDS etc victim accident/crash victim innocent victim victim of circumstance (=someone who suffers because of something they cannot control) victim mentality (=when someone always thinks of themselves as a victim) blame the victim
victim of victims of age discrimination
victims of age discrimination3
fall victim to something
writtena) to be attacked, killed etc, or to get a particular illness, especially one that kills : One theory is that the hostages fell victim to bandits.
One theory is that the hostages fell victim to bandits.b) to be badly affected or destroyed by a situation : Many small businesses have fallen victim to the recession.
Many small businesses have fallen victim to the recession.4 to be badly affected by some unexpected results of being very successful : There are now so many tourists that the area has become a victim of its own success.
be a victim of its own success
There are now so many tourists that the area has become a victim of its own success.5 a person or animal that is killed and offered as a sacrifice (=gift) to a god
sacrificial victim
RR6 someone who always wears the most fashionable clothes even if they do not look good in them
