victim

IPA: vˈɪktʌm

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:
One who is harmed or killed by a crime or scam.
One who is harmed or killed by an accident or illness.
One who is harmed or killed as a result of other people's biases, emotions or incompetence, or their own.
One who is harmed or killed as a result of a natural or man-made disaster or impersonal condition.
A living being which is slain and offered as a sacrifice, usually in a religious rite.
(by extension, Christianity) The transfigured body and blood of Christ in the Eucharist.

Examples of "victim" in Sentences

Murder cases in which the victim is a student are rare.
They claim the term victim implies that Bryant is guilty of sexual assault.
The defense objected to the term "victim," and Walgren changed it to "alleged victim."
I also thought it implied judgment on those who didn't survive or left them out--though the term victim is certainly loaded to.
We all know crime occurs everywhere, but it's almost as if it's a bigger story if the victim is a U.S. citizen visiting Mexico.
While the term victim seems to focus on what actually happened to the person, the term survivor emphasizes what occurs after the encounter.
The term "victim" is inconsiderate and antiquated, as the majority of children with spina bifida go on to lead healthy and productive lives.
"They use the word victim a lot but it's done to support or justify the get-tough-on-crime agenda, which really doesn't do a whole lot for most victims of crime," said Sullivan, who is now executive director of Ottawa Victim Services, a community-based agency that works primarily with women who have been abused by their partners.