victim
noun
[ ˈvɪktɪm ]
• a person harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime, accident, or other event or action.
• "victims of domestic violence"
Origin:
late 15th century (denoting a creature killed as a religious sacrifice): from Latin victima .
fall victim to
• be hurt, killed, damaged, or destroyed by.
• "he fell victim to a fatal blood infection"
Similar:
fall ill with,
be stricken with,
become infected with,
catch,
develop,
contract,
pick up,
succumb to,
be overcome by,
be overwhelmed by,
come/go down with,
