Victimise is an English word with synonyms like victimize or wrong. Below you'll find 5 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Victimise meaning
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of victimize.
Using Victimise
- The main meaning on this page is: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of victimize.
- Useful related words include: victimize, wrong, punish, penalize.
- In the example corpus, victimise often appears in combinations such as: to victimise.
Context around Victimise
- Average sentence length in these examples: 17.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Victimise
- In this selection, "victimise" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 17.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, oppress, ourselves and workers stand out and add context to how "victimise" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include coerce oppress victimise and humiliate and hound and victimise workers and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "victimise" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with victimise
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
They just victimise you. (4 words)
I don't like to victimise ourselves. (7 words)
He further advised the graduands not to victimise or settle personal scores when they acquire leadership roles. (17 words)
The costumes represent not just attire but the symbolism of absolute power wielded by white men without consequence — power used to coerce, oppress, victimise, and humiliate, enforcing compliance with certain values and norms. (33 words)
The Congress also condemned what it described as sustained deployment of brute force by political office holders to harass, hound and victimise workers and labour leaders. (26 words)
He further advised the graduands not to victimise or settle personal scores when they acquire leadership roles. (17 words)
Example sentences (5)
He further advised the graduands not to victimise or settle personal scores when they acquire leadership roles.
The costumes represent not just attire but the symbolism of absolute power wielded by white men without consequence — power used to coerce, oppress, victimise, and humiliate, enforcing compliance with certain values and norms.
They just victimise you.
I don't like to victimise ourselves.
The Congress also condemned what it described as sustained deployment of brute force by political office holders to harass, hound and victimise workers and labour leaders.
Common combinations with victimise
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to victimise 2×