Protect and Victimize

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Protect

Protect verb - To drive danger or attack away from.
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Victimize is an antonym for protect.
Nearby Words: protection, protected, protector, protective, protecting

Victimize

Victimize verb - To rob by the use of trickery or threats.
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Synonyms for Victimize
Protect is an antonym for victimize in cheat topic.
Nearby Words: victimise, victim, victimization, victimised, victimizing
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Common collocations

people protect people victimize people
children protect children victimize children
village protect village victimize village
weak protect weak victimize weak

Both words in one sentence

  • Literature / Provost's Dog With the ability to hear the souls of the dead, Beka swears to protect the common people of her city from those who try to victimize them.The Provost's Dog books are the longest of any of Tamora Pierce's works and the first story to be written as a trilogy.
    Source: Literature / Provost's Dog
  • Manga / JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Vento Aureo Bully Hunter: More subtle than most, but Giorno's dream to become the Don of Italy is so that the Mafia will once again protect the weak and innocent as they once did, rather than prey on and victimize them.
    Source: Manga / JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Vento Aureo
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