English-French translations for victim

• victime
  La troisième victime est le tourisme. The other victim has been tourism.
  Je sais qu'elles ont fait de nombreuses victimes. I know that there were many victims.
  Toutefois, Anna n'est pas la seule victime. Anna is not, however, the only victim.
• supplicié
  Je conclurai en disant que les suppliciés de Jérusalem comme ceux d'Alger attendent de nous, non pas des larmes, mais cette réaction. I will conclude by saying that the victims of torture in Jerusalem, like those in Algiers, await not our tears, but this reaction.

Definition of victim

• One that is harmed—killed, injured, subjected to oppression, deceived, or otherwise adversely affected—by someone or something, especially another person or event, force, or condition; in particular
• A living being which is slain and offered as a sacrifice, usually in a religious rite

Examples

• the youngest victims of the brutal war
• victim of a bad decision by a rushed and overworked judge
• victims of assault; the murderers victims
• became another victim of the latest scam
• a fundraiser for victims of AIDS; a victim of a car crash
• a victim of his own pride; a victim of her own incompetence
• the newcomer never managed to make friends, a victim of the towns deep distrust of outsiders
• a victim of sexism; victims of a racist system
• relief efforts to help victims of the hurricane
• victim of an optical illusion; victim of a string of bad luck
• local businesses were the main victims of the economic downturn

Related words

• victimology
• victimless
• victim-blaming
• victimization
• victimize
• victimisation
• victimhood
• victimism
• victimist