VIC'TIM noun [Latin victima.] 1. A living being sacrificed to some deity, or in the performance of a religious rite; usually, some beast slain in sacrifice; but human beings have been slain by some nations, for the purpose of appeasing the wrath or conciliating the favor of some deity. 2. Something destroyed; something sacrificed in the pursuit of an object. How many persons have fallen victims to jealousy, to lust, to ambition!
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI