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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are victimized" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe individuals or groups who have been subjected to harm, mistreatment, or injustice.
Example: "Many individuals in marginalized communities are victimized by systemic discrimination and violence."
Alternatives: "are harmed" or "are oppressed".
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are victimized
verb
To make someone a victim or sacrifice.
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No doubt children are victimized.
"It's the ordinary people who are victimized," she said.
How can we do nothing as they are victimized?
Many youths who are victimized by peers suffer from depression symptoms.
LGBT individuals are victimized, humiliated, violated and murdered within their own countries.
There's an unspoken assumption throughout that men make war while women are victimized by it.
Hydroids are victimized by nudibranchs that bite through the chitinous skeleton or crawl into its openings.
And these are the persons who are victimized with arrested development.
"It's a sad irony that they are victimized in the country their ancestors had dreamed of".
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"Otherwise, the victims would be victimized once again," he said.
She was victimized, but she wasn't a victim.
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