victimise
verb
victimise is a verb meaning “Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of victimize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-I-C-T-I-M-I-S-E, and it appears about once in every 34 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does victimise mean?
verb
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UKNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of victimize.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of victimise
- victimises present, singular, he/she/it
- victimising participle, present
- victimised participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is victimise?
Victimise appears about once in every 34 million words in written English, the 178,202nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does victimise come from?
From victim + -ise.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).