victimisation

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victimisation - an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly); "capitalistic exploitation of the working class"; "paying Blacks less and charging them more is a form of victimization"

using, victimization, exploitation

mistreatment - the practice of treating (someone or something) badly; "he should be punished for his mistreatment of his mother"

blaxploitation - the exploitation of black people (especially with regard to stereotyped roles in movies)

sexploitation - the commercial exploitation of sex or sexuality or explicit sexual material; "sexploitation by advertisers is notorious"

colonialism - exploitation by a stronger country of weaker one; the use of the weaker country's resources to strengthen and enrich the stronger country

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[USA], May 14 (ANI): Researchers have found that country-level income inequality during the first four years of a child's life can be associated with later bully victimisation.

Growing up in areas with income inequality associated with being bullied: Study

ISLAMABAD -- The universities teachers association on Saturday urged the Prime Minister Imran Khan to form an impartial committee to probe the alleged malpractices and victimisation of the teaching faculty at International Islamic University (IIU) and Comsats.

Prime Minister urged to probe malpractices in IIUI, Comsats

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) senior leader Nafisa Shah on Thursday alleged that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government is engaged in political victimisation and is taking revenge from the Sindh government.

PTI government engaged in political victimisation: Nafisa Shah

LAHORE -- Various opposition parties have termed arrest of PML-N president Shahbaz Sharif by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) political victimisation.

Opp sees political victimisation in Shahbaz's arrest

A review of international studies conducted by Modecki, Minchin, Harbaugh, Guerra and Runions (2014) reported that around 36% of students suffer bullying victimisation. A study conducted with Murcian and Valencian children and adolescents showed bullying victimisation of 6.8% (Cerezo, Sanchez, Ruiz, & Arense, 2015).

Victimisation through bullying and cyberbullying: Emotional intelligence, severity of victimisation and technology use in different types of victims

(12-15) Poly-victimisation is a more stressful eventuality than re-victimisation, i.e., the repetition of the same situation of victimisation (7); however, to date, the association between poly-victimisation and emotional suffering among victims of the Colombian armed conflict has not been quantified.

Polivictimizacion por el conflicto armado y sufrimiento emocional en el Departamento del Magdalena, Colombia

Adolescent bullying victimisation and alcohol-related problem behaviour mediated by coping drinking motives over a 12 month period.

Impact of bullying victimization on suicide and negative health behaviors among adolescents in Latin America/Repercusion de la intimidacion en el suicidio y los comportamientos negativos en materia de salud de la poblacion adolescente en America Latina

Objective: To find bullying victimisation as a predictor of physical and psychological health problems among school-going children with hearing impairment.

Bullying victimization: A risk factor of health problems among adolescents with hearing impairment

More work is needed to explore factors that disengage victims from reporting crime and receiving support after victimisation.

Predictors of engagement with support services in a sample of UK victims of violent crime

Bullying and victimisation are highly prevalent among young people, and both bullies and victims exhibit negative outcomes (Stassen Berger, 2007).

Incidence of bullying and victimisation among adolescents in New Zealand

HYDERABAD -- As many as 1,122 cases pertaining to victimisation of 1,152 women were lodged at police stations in the nine districts in Hyderabad Police Range from 2009 to 2014.