professional victim

noun

A person who makes it their business to appear perpetually offended and victimized.

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Meanings

nounprofessional victim (plural professional victims)

plural professional victims

  1. derogatoryidiomaticA person who makes it their business to appear perpetually offended and victimized.

    These professional victims get a lot of mileage out of their pain. Even though they complain that the price of change is so painful, they never really pay that price because it's too profitable for them not to.

    2018, Sam Bracken, Guts: Find Your Greatness, Beat the Odds, Live From Passion
  2. derogatoryidiomaticA person who sets himself or herself up to be an accident victim in order to collect insurance payments or compensation payments, or to get other benefits.
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APA

professional victim. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/professional%20victim

MLA

“professional victim.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/professional%20victim. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “professional victim,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/professional%20victim.

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