word-vault

{ "term": "victim", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "b1", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "a person who has been attacked, injured or killed as the result of a crime, a disease, an accident, etc.", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "**shooting/murder victims**" }, { "text": "**flood/crash/accident victims**" }, { "text": "an **innocent/unsuspecting victim**" }, { "text": "**victims of crime/abuse/violence**" }, { "text": "the **alleged victim** of a serious assault" }, { "text": "Several countries have pledged millions of dollars to **help the victims** of the tsunami." }, { "text": "The team will try to identify potential victims of domestic violence." }, { "text": "flood/disaster/earthquake/hurricane victims" }, { "text": "cancer/stroke/heart attack victims" }, { "text": "**families/relatives of the victims**" }, { "text": "expressions of sympathy for the **victims and their families**" }, { "text": "He made a victim impact statement to the court." }, { "text": "The primary victims of this violence are always civilians." }, { "text": "He managed to lure victims into his car." }, { "text": "In his trial, he tried to portray himself as the victim of an uncaring society." }, { "text": "He targeted younger victims." }, { "text": "Not all victims have been identified yet." }, { "text": "The cut in benefits for the unemployed is a classic case of blaming the victim." }, { "text": "The government is sending aid to flood victims." }, { "text": "The intended victims were selected because they seemed vulnerable." }, { "text": "The train crash claimed its tenth victim yesterday when the driver died in hospital." }, { "text": "The victim suffered severe cuts to the upper lip." }, { "text": "Stop playing the victim—you knew exactly what was happening." }, { "text": "I try not to feel sorry for myself or have a victim mentality." }, { "text": "We prefer to describe ourselves as survivors of abuse rather than victims." }, { "text": "a bill aimed at compensating victims of air pollution" }, { "text": "a service to remember the victims of the terrorist attacks" }, { "text": "groups claiming victim status" }, { "text": "the child victims of the war" }, { "text": "the failure to protect domestic-violence victims" }, { "text": "A new programme will assist stroke victims for whom mobility has become difficult." }, { "text": "He shouldn't feel ashamed—he was an innocent victim." } ], "topics": ["Health problems", "Crime and punishment", "Social issues"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["hapless", "helpless", "innocent"], "verb + victim": ["be", "become", "fall"], "victim + verb": ["die", "survive (something)", "suffer (something)"], "victim + noun": ["culture", "mentality", "status"], "preposition": ["victim of"], "phrases": ["play the victim", "a victim of your/its own success"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "a person who has been tricked", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "They were the victims of a cruel hoax." }, { "text": "The site offers help and advice for anyone who has been the victim of a scam." }, { "text": "ways to avoid becoming a victim of fraud" }, { "text": "She defrauded her unsuspecting victims of millions of pounds." }, { "text": "He defrauded his innocent victims of millions of pounds." }, { "text": "Tourists are easy victims for pickpockets." }, { "text": "We have become willing victims of fake news, disinformation and propaganda." } ], "synonyms": "target", "collocations": { "adjective": ["hapless", "helpless", "innocent"], "verb + victim": ["be", "become", "fall"], "victim + verb": ["die", "survive (something)", "suffer (something)"], "victim + noun": ["culture", "mentality", "status"], "preposition": ["victim of"], "phrases": ["play the victim", "a victim of your/its own success"] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "a person or thing that is badly affected by a situation, a decision, etc.", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Schools are the latest victims of cuts in public spending." }, { "text": "The small company became **a victim of its own success **when it could not supply all its orders on time." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "an animal or a person that is killed and offered as a sacrifice", "examples": [ { "text": "a sacrificial victim" } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["hapless", "helpless", "innocent"], "verb + victim": ["be", "become", "fall"], "victim + verb": ["die", "survive (something)", "suffer (something)"], "victim + noun": ["culture", "mentality", "status"], "preposition": ["victim of"], "phrases": ["play the victim", "a victim of your/its own success"] } }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to be injured, cheated, damaged or killed by somebody/something", "labels": "(formal)", "examples": [ { "text": "Many plants have fallen victim to the sudden frost." }, { "text": "Her son fell victim to tuberculosis." }, { "text": "Unfortunately, she fell victim to an unscrupulous landlord." } ] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/ˈvɪktɪm/", "audio": "vi/victim/victim__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/ˈvɪktɪm/", "audio": "vi/victim/victim__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "late 15th cent. (denoting a creature killed as a religious sacrifice): from Latin victima." }