victim

noun

One who is harmed or killed by another, especially by someone committing a criminal or unlawful act.

A living creature slain and offered as a sacrifice during a religious rite.

One who is harmed by or made to suffer under a circumstance or condition.

A person who is tricked, swindled, or taken advantage of.

A living being sacrificed to a deity, or in the performance of a religious rite; usually, some beast slain in sacrifice: but the sacrifice of human beings has been practised by many peoples with the object of appeasing the wrath or conciliating the favor of some deity, or in the ceremonies connected with the making of vows and covenants.