Word: victimize
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...victim's mother, Mercedes Alvarado, also reacted with indignation and accused the appellate judges of being bought off by Volz's family. "There's too much corruption," she told local reporters, adding that the judges must have needed extra money to buy their Christmas dinner...
...store in March 2004, District Attorney Gerry Leone’s office said in a statement. The woman had come to the salon for a scheduled massage with Purdy, but was raped during the course of the massage, according to a statement released by the district attorney. The victim approached police after learning of Purdy’s 2005 arrest for allegedly running a prostitution operation, the statement said. In February, Purdy was convicted of running a prostitution ring out of his salon and was sentenced to two years in prison and given a $5,000 fine. Purdy...
...Arab boycott list from 1967 to 1991. Pepsi opened in Israel only in 1992, after the boycott was lifted, giving rise to the often-repeated slogan in the Arab world that "Coke is for Jews, Pepsi is for Arabs." Pepsi didn't escape unscathed. It's been a victim of rumors tying it to Israel. Still, Pepsi is the market leader in the Middle East, with a 75% share. A syrupy upstart, Mecca Cola, tries to appeal to Muslims...
...such victim of abuse, Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet was sentenced to 25 years in prison by Fidel Castro’s dictatorship for vocalizing his opposition to the government and, even worse, for defending human rights. In 1998, Dr. Biscet uncovered the government practice of chemically inducing abortions through the use of a drug called Rivanol. In a book titled “Rivanol: A method to destroy life,” Biscet described government-mandated abortions being used as a method of contraception. This drug caused viable fetuses to be born alive, only then to either bleed to death...
...More recently, a former HIS member wearing a headscarf was the victim of a verbal assault when a group of women allegedly screamed a cultural slur at her in 2005. While the Harvard Foundation, which promotes cultural pluralism on campus, met with the student, several HIS affiliates said they were not satisfied with the response...