Vic'tim, n.

n. [Fr. victime, It. vittima, Sp., Pg., & Lat. victima, a beast of sacrifice adorned with the fillet or vitta, from viere, to bind, bind around.] 1. A living being sacrificed to some deity, or in the performance of a religious rite; a creature immolated, or made an offering of. The victim ox and snowy sheep prepare. Addison.

2. A person or thing destroyed or sacrificed in the pursuit of an object, or gratification of a passion; as, a victim to jealousy, to lust, to ambition.
3. A person or living creature destroyed by, or suffering grievous injury from another.
4. Hence, one who is caught or cheated; a dupe; a gull. [Colloq.]