Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling or characteristic of a victim.

Etymologies

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victim +‎ -like

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Examples

  • I sometimes can't help thinking that the Blum boys were chosen as targets because they looked to the bully as they looked to me: enticingly victimlike and small.

    How We Avenged the Blums 2005

  • I sometimes can't help thinking that the Blum boys were chosen as targets because they looked to the bully as they looked to me: enticingly victimlike and small.

    How We Avenged the Blums 2005

  • I sometimes can’t help thinking that the Blum boys were chosen as targets because they looked to the bully as they looked to me: enticingly victimlike and small.

    The Worst Years of Your Life Mark Jude Poirier 2007

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