1. A living being sacrificed to some deity, or in the performance of a
religious rite; a creature immolated, or made an offering of.
Led like a victim, to my death I'll go.
Dryden.
2. A person or thing destroyed or sacrificed in the pursuit of an
object, or in gratification of a passion; as, a victim to jealousy,
lust, or ambition.
3. A person or living creature destroyed by, or suffering grievous
injury from, another, from fortune or from accident; as, the victim of
a defaulter; the victim of a railroad accident.