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ADJECTIVES/NOUN + victim
a flood/earthquake/cyclone etc victim
• Earthquake victims were living in tents in the city's parks.
a famine victim
(= someone who has had no food to eat for a long time )
• Aid is being shipped to famine victims.
a cancer/AIDS etc victim
• He helped raise £2,000 for a dying cancer victim.
an accident/crash victim
• The crash victims were rushed to hospital.
an innocent victim
• Children are the innocent victims of war.
an unfortunate victim
• If you are the unfortunate victim of a tragic accident, this card will tell doctors that you are willing to donate your organs.
victim + NOUN
a victim mentality
(= when someone always thinks of themselves as a victim )
• Many of us fall into a victim mentality, and blame all our troubles on other people.
phrases
a victim of circumstance
(= someone who suffers because of something they cannot control )
• She was a victim of circumstance, as she was born at a time when women had no power.
verbs
blame the victim
(= to say that someone is responsible for their own bad situation )
• It is blaming the victim to ask the woman what she does that makes her husband lose his temper and hit her.
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noun ADJ. hapless, helpless, innocent, poor, unfortunate, unsuspecting, unwilling He defrauded his innocent victims of millions of pounds. | easy Tourists are easy victims for pickpockets. | passive | willing In his fantasies, women became passive and sometimes even willing victims. | intended, potential The intended victims were selected because they seemed vulnerable. | child, elderly the child victims of the war | Aids, cancer, heart attack, plague, stroke | accident, bomb, crash, disaster, earthquake, famine, flood The government is sending aid to flood victims. | kidnap, murder, rape | sacrificial | fashion She's a fashion victim (= wears the newest fashions even if they do not suit her). VERB + VICTIM portray sb as In his trial, he tried to portray himself as the victim of an uncaring society. | claim The train crash claimed its tenth victim yesterday when the driver died in hospital. | compensate a bill aimed at compensating victims of air pollution | blame The cut in benefits for the unemployed is a classic case of blaming the victim. PREP. ~ of They were the victims of a cruel hoax. PHRASES fall victim to sb/sth Unfortunately, she fell victim to an unscrupulous landlord. | a victim of your/its own success The small firm became a victim of its own success when it could not supply all its orders on time.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary