victimize in WordNet English dictionary

1. deprive of by deceit
   "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"
   victimize  swindle  rook  goldbrick  nobble  diddle  bunco  defraud  scam  mulct  gyp  gip  hornswoggle  short-change  con 
   
2. punish unjustly
   victimize  victimise 
   
3. make a victim of
   "I was victimized by this con-man"
   victimize  victimise