Collocations for victim - noun

hapless, helpless, innocent, poor, unfortunate, unsuspecting, unwilling
He defrauded his innocent victims of millions of pounds.

easy
Tourists are easy victims for pickpockets.

passive | willing
In his fantasies, women became passive and sometimes even willing victims.

intended, potential
The intended victims were selected because they seemed vulnerable.

child, elderly
the child victims of the war

Aids, cancer, heart attack, plague, stroke | accident, bomb, crash, disaster, earthquake, famine, flood
The government is sending aid to flood victims.

kidnap, murder, rape | sacrificial | fashion
She''s a fashion victim (= wears the newest fashions even if they do not suit her).

portray sb as
In his trial, he tried to portray himself as the victim of an uncaring society.

claim
The train crash claimed its tenth victim yesterday when the driver died in hospital.

compensate
a bill aimed at compensating victims of air pollution

blame
The cut in benefits for the unemployed is a classic case of blaming the victim.

~ of
They were the victims of a cruel hoax.

fall victim to sb/sth
Unfortunately, she fell victim to an unscrupulous landlord.

a victim of your/its own success
The small firm became a victim of its own success when it could not supply all its orders on time.