potential victim

collocation in English

meaningsofpotentialandvictim

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potential
adjective[before noun]
uk
/pəˈten.ʃəl/us
/poʊˈten.ʃəl/
possible when the necessary ...
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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 ofpotentialandvictimfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Neither involves harm to a victim, and often there is no determinatepotentialvictim.
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Finally, fighting disease is summed up as a joint endeavor of doctors, the state, and the organism, thepotentialvictim.
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First, we make him apotentialvictimof blackmail.
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We should be most concerned to save thepotentialvictimbecause, in most cases, thepotentialvictimis an innocent person.
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Everyone is apotentialvictimif such a policy is pursued.
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Let us examine the position of thepotentialvictimfor a moment.
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There is no need to specify a particular person as being the victim orpotentialvictim.
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The peaceable citizen, thepotentialvictim, is more worthy of any consideration than the potential criminal.
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Essentially we believe the victim/potentialvictimtest to be right.
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Who stands between the kind of crimes that are committed, thepotentialvictimand the offender?
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The service is apotentialvictimof capping, along with other important services in the city.
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They know also that anyone from the same group is apotentialvictim.
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Resistance to infection requires awareness and effort from thepotentialvictim.
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It deals with the threat from people known to thepotentialvictimas well as from strangers.
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Ultimately, the hospital patient, the school pupil, the rail passenger and thepotentialvictimof crime must come first.
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Can the situation be altered to his disadvantage, and therefore to the greater protection of thepotentialvictim?
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A big, artistically disposed tear runs down the child's pale face, which contrasts with the darkness of the coat, accentuating the innocent anxiety of thispotentialvictimof remilitarisation.
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He does so because he believes that it will be easier to extract from hispotentialvictimthe money that he is seeking.
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That is rather clever, as it does not put the onus wholly on to thepotentialvictim, who might otherwise feel oppressed.
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This treatment, coupled with an incubation period which may be many months, leaves thepotentialvictim subject to a long period of anguish and discomfort.
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Like any such salesman, he is not giving thepotentialvictimthe opportunity to inspect the vehicle or take it for a test run.
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He may pose as a friend at a time when thepotentialvictimhas drunk too much and is offered a substance.
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My status in this matter is no greater than that of any man, woman, or child in this country— the status of apotentialvictim.
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In such cases, the key is to keep thepotentialvictimtalking, to prevent his mind from turning to any untoward action.
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