'Victimize' definitions:

Definition of 'victimize'

From: WordNet
verb
Make a victim of; "I was victimized by this con-man" [syn: victimize, victimise]
verb
Punish unjustly [syn: victimize, victimise]
verb
Deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change" [syn: victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con]

Definition of 'Victimize'

From: GCIDE
  • Victimize \Vic"tim*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Victimized; p. pr. & vb. n. Victimizing.] To make a victim of, esp. by deception; to dupe; to cheat. [1913 Webster]