Collocations for "victim"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "victim" in context.
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victim
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [crash, accident, fire, earthquake] victims
- [dozens] of victims
- [many, several, few] victims
- victims of [fraud, a scam, a con]
- a victim of [crime, stolen identity, a burglary]
- the victim's [family, spouse, children, partner]
- the [crash, accident, earthquake] claimed many victims
- the [accident] claimed [five] victims
- left [several] victims in its wake
- [all, most of] the victims have been identified
- are still [five] unidentified victims
- the victim was [found, identified, killed, attacked]
- the victim is [under observation, in the hospital]
- the victim is [unconscious, conscious, bleeding]
- [paramedics, officers, support staff] tended to the victims
- was made to feel like a victim
- making himself out to be a victim
- She [thinks she is, sees herself as] a victim
- the [remains, bodies, possessions] of the victims
- [compensation, support, rehousing] for the victims
'victim' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
ID
- alleged
- bead
- bone
- bullet
- burn
- circumstance
- conscious
- corpse
- critical
- defendant
- den
- doctor
- domestic
- dope
- fame
- fashion
- forced
- fraud
- gag
- harassment
- identity
- innocent
- intended
- kidnap
- link
- lure
- mugging
- murder
- peck
- positive
- prejudice
- prone
- rape
- refuse
- remain
- righteous
- say
- sexual
- shake
- shock
- slab
- slug
- sole
- spring
- stab
- stable
- suffering
- sunset
- theft