Verbs

(v)victimize, victimisemake a victim of“I was victimized by this con-man”
(v)victimize, victimisepunish unjustly
(v)victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, hornswoggle, short-change, condeprive of by deceit“He swindled me out of my inheritance”, “She defrauded the customers who trusted her”