victimization

English Thesaurus

1. an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly) (noun.act)

hypernym	:	mistreatment,
definition	:	the practice of treating (someone or something) badly (noun.act)

hyponym	:	blaxploitation,
definition	:	the exploitation of black people (especially with regard to stereotyped roles in movies) (noun.act)

hyponym	:	sexploitation,
definition	:	the commercial exploitation of sex or sexuality or explicit sexual material (noun.act)

hyponym	:	colonialism,
definition	:	exploitation by a stronger country of weaker one; the use of the weaker country's resources to strengthen and enrich the stronger country (noun.act)

2. adversity resulting from being made a victim (noun.state)

hypernym	:	adversity, hard knocks, hardship,
definition	:	a state of misfortune or affliction (noun.state)

3. an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly) (noun.act)

derivation	:	exploit, work,
definition	:	use or manipulate to one's advantage (verb.consumption)

derivation	:	bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize,
definition	:	deprive of by deceit (verb.social)

derivation	:	victimise, victimize,
definition	:	make a victim of (verb.social)

derivation	:	use,
definition	:	seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage (verb.social)

4. adversity resulting from being made a victim (noun.state)

derivation	:	victimise, victimize,
definition	:	make a victim of (verb.social)

5. an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly) (noun.act)

derivation	:	exploit, work,
definition	:	use or manipulate to one's advantage (verb.consumption)

derivation	:	bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize,
definition	:	deprive of by deceit (verb.social)

derivation	:	victimise, victimize,
definition	:	make a victim of (verb.social)

derivation	:	use,
definition	:	seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage (verb.social)

6. adversity resulting from being made a victim (noun.state)

derivation	:	victimise, victimize,
definition	:	make a victim of (verb.social)