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victimize

 verb
     
vic‧tim‧ize also victimise British English [transitive often passive]
to treat someone unfairly because you do not like them, their beliefs, or the race they belong to [= pick on]:
The men claim they have been victimized because of their political activity.
—victimization noun [uncountable]
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