revictimize
verb[T]
(alsore-victimize,UKusuallyrevictimise,re-victimise)uk/ˌriːˈvɪk.tɪ.maɪz/us/ˌriˈvɪk.tə.maɪz/toharmsomeone again in anunfairway after they have beenharmedin the past; totreatsomeone as avictimagain(= apersonwho does not or cannotdefendthemselves against theharmthat they aresuffering):
Thecourthas toexplainitscontinualpatternof revictimizing thisgirl.
We would neverwantto revictimize avictim.
It isessentialtoprotecttherightsofvictimsandensurethey are not re-victimized whentheircasesarereopened.
- Victims said theexperiencehadleftthemfeelingre-victimizeddecadesafter theoriginalabuse.
- Ourconcernis thatoffendersare notableto re-victimizepeople.
Treating people or animals badly
- abuser
- anti-harassment
- at the hands ofsomeoneidiom
- batten
- batten onsomeone
- ill-treat
- ill-treatment
- ill-used
- impose
- inflict
- pick onsomeone
- prey
- prey onsomething
- putsomeonethroughsomething
- put upon
- tyrannize
- tyranny
- uncared for
- use
- victimization