Victim
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| # A person who suffers any other injury, loss, or damage as a result of a voluntary undertaking. | # A person who suffers any other injury, loss, or damage as a result of a voluntary undertaking. | ||
| # An unfortunate person who suffers from a [[disaster]] or other adverse circumstance. | # An unfortunate person who suffers from a [[disaster]] or other adverse circumstance. | ||
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| + | From Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to choose, separate out, set aside as holy, consecrate, sacrifice”), same source as Proto-Germanic *wīhą (“sacred place or thing”) (Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍃 (weihs)) and English witch. | ||
| ==In fiction== | ==In fiction== | ||
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- original sense: A living creature which is slain and offered as human or animal sacrifice, usually in a religious rite; by extension, the transfigurated body and blood of Christ in the Eucharist.
- Anyone who is physically harmed by another.
- An aggrieved or disadvantaged party in a crime (e.g. swindle.)
- A person who suffers any other injury, loss, or damage as a result of a voluntary undertaking.
- An unfortunate person who suffers from a disaster or other adverse circumstance.
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Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to choose, separate out, set aside as holy, consecrate, sacrifice”), same source as Proto-Germanic *wīhą (“sacred place or thing”) (Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍃 (weihs)) and English witch.
In fiction
Film
- Victim (1961 film), a British drama film featuring Dirk Bogarde
See also
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