victim

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
victim/ˈvɪktɪm/

▶noun

• 1 a person harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime, accident, etc.

  ■ a person who has been tricked.

  ■ a person who has come to feel helpless and passive in the face of misfortune.

• 2 an animal or person killed as a religious sacrifice.

– phrases
fall victim to be hurt, killed, or destroyed by.

– derivatives
victimhood noun.

– origin C15: from L. victima.