intended victim

collocation in English

meaningsofintendedandvictim

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intended
noun[C usually singular]
uk
/ɪnˈten.dɪd/us
/ɪnˈten.dɪd/
the person that you are going ...
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victim
noun[C]
uk
/ˈvɪk.tɪm/us
/ˈvɪk.təm/
someone or something that has been hurt, damaged, or killed or has suffered, either because of the actions of someone or something else, or because of illness ...
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(Definition ofintendedandvictimfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofintended victim

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One is that the witch works in secrecy, normally giving theintendedvictimno warning or consciousness of what is happening until the harm has been done.
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That is a very different provision from saying that theintendedvictimhimself cannot be guilty.
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Subsection (2)(c) exempts the other party; subsection (1) exempts theintendedvictim.
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He eventually rescued theirintendedvictim.
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Let us say that a burglar is driving along a cycle track en route to hisintendedvictim.
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Anintendedvictim, depending on how it was gripped, was often physically unable to reach the attacker with its mandibles, despite visibly contorting its body in attempts to do so.
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The offence of threatening or provoking violence has been made tigher and related more closely to the presence of anintendedvictimor target.
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That was that you could not be guilty of conspiracy if the only other party to the conspiracy was theintendedvictim.
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But what is needed is something more than internal mental intent but less than an act directed against theintendedvictim.
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The target protocol is used for communication to theintendedvictimservice.
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The soldiers, not knowing that their host was theirintendedvictim, agreed to his hospitality.
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These thoughts distract him while he is waiting for anintendedvictim, which thoroughly annoys him.
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Then, the craft surfaced just a few feet from theirintendedvictim.
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By such use of camouflage he was able to sail alongside hisintendedvictim, fling his enemies into the water and make himself a rich man.
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As such, strikes to the body were limited as theintendedvictimwould have been wearing extensive body armour.
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She then spread the idea that she was theintendedvictim, delivering the death threats and poisoning her own coffee.
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Not one person on board the ship made any effort to warn or to aid theintendedvictim.
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A discarded bone from food eaten by theintendedvictimis collected and shaped into a thin skewer.
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Still reeling, he meets his own brother, who thinks he is theintendedvictim, and reveals it was he with whom his wife was cheating.
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A droch can burrow under the skin of itsintendedvictimand drink their life while they sleep, or sometimes while they are awake.
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Mambabarangs use a strand of hair from theirintendedvictimand tie it to the bugs or worms which they will use as a medium.
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If an innocent manages to find a trap or animal before theintendedvictim, there is no penalty; it simply does not function.
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Less elaborate versions included smearing a cloth or piece of paper with pitch and pressing onto the head of theintendedvictim.
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The villain's horse lost a shoe, which enabled him to be tracked down and hanged on that spot - even though he didn't actually hit hisintendedvictim.
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Examples are watching theintendedvictimover a period of time to establish the routines and traveling to a store to buy necessary tools and equipment.
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