victimized

(verb) make a victim of. Synonyms: victimize, victimise. Example: "I was victimized by this con-man."

(verb) punish unjustly. Synonyms: victimize, victimise.

(verb) deprive of by deceit. Synonyms: victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con. Examples: "He swindled me out of my inheritance." "She defrauded the customers who trusted her." "The cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change."

(adj) of persons; taken advantage of. Synonyms: exploited, ill-used, put-upon, used, victimised. Example: "After going out of his way to help his friend get the job he felt not appreciated but used."