victimize

verb ! Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about victimize at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

1. Make a victim of.

   I was victimized by this con-man

2. Punish unjustly.
3. Deprive of by deceit.

   He swindled me out of my inheritance