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    play the victim

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    A1
    v.i.Intransitive VerbTo act as if one is a victim in order to gain sympathy or avoid responsibility.
    He always plays the victim to get sympathy.

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    7 Stages Of A Toxic Relationship, Not Real Love

    07:317 Stages Of A Toxic Relationship, Not Real Love
    • By making you initiate the breakup, they avoid responsibility and get to play the victim, claiming they were abandoned.

      By making you initiate the breakup, they avoid responsibility and get to play the victim, claiming they were abandoned.

    • By making you initiate the breakup, they avoid responsibility and get to play the victim, claiming they were abandoned.

      By making you initiate the breakup, they avoid responsibility and get to play the victim, claiming they were abandoned.

    B1

    my thoughts on school

    07:11my thoughts on school
    • Like, how could you even think that you're going to trick people and if you're going to play the victim, everybody saw you!

      Like, how could you even think that you're going to trick people and if you're going to play the victim, everybody saw you!

    • And if you're going to play the victim, everybody saw you.

      And if you're going to play the victim, everybody saw you.

    B1

    20 Little Things That Secretly Make You Unhappy

    10:2920 Little Things That Secretly Make You Unhappy
    • Number 19-You Play The Victim Card

      Number 19-You Play The Victim Card

    • Many people love to play the victim card, seek validation, and thrive on other people's pity.

      Many people love to play the victim card, seek validation, and thrive on other people's pity.

    B1

    04:18
    • and if you confront them, they'll accuse you of being paranoid and play the victim.

      and if you confront them, they'll accuse you of being paranoid and play the victim.

    • and if you confront them, they'll accuse you of being paranoid and play the victim.

      and if you confront them, they'll accuse you of being paranoid and play the victim.

    B1

    The Brutality of Dating

    05:39The Brutality of Dating
    • Worse still, we can't comfortably play the victim for long because even as we process our rejections we're called upon to perform an equal or greater number of our own assassinations - talking sweetly to unsuitable suitors about our busyness and hopes for warm friendships.

      Worse still, we can't comfortably play the victim for long because even as we process our rejections we're called upon to perform an equal or greater number of our own assassinations - talking sweetly to unsuitable suitors about our busyness and hopes for warm friendships.

    • Worse still, we can't comfortably play the victim

      Worse still, we can't comfortably play the victim

    B2

    5 Toxic People To Walk Away From

    03:155 Toxic People To Walk Away From
    • Toxic people who incessantly play the victim card but never take responsibility for what they are capable of fixing aren't just whiny, they're self-absorbed.

      Toxic people who incessantly play the victim card but never take responsibility for what they are capable of fixing aren't just whiny, they're self-absorbed.

    • Toxic people who incessantly play the victim card but never take responsibility for what they are capable of fixing aren't just whiny;

      Toxic people who incessantly play the victim card but never take responsibility for what they are capable of fixing aren't just whiny;

    B1

    10 Signs You're Being Manipulated

    05:1710 Signs You're Being Manipulated
    • Five, they play the victim card.

      Five, they play the victim card.

    • 5: They play the victim card.

      5: They play the victim card.

    B1

    Beth vs. Summer For 16 Minutes Straight 🔪 Yellowstone | Paramount Network

    16:04Beth vs. Summer For 16 Minutes Straight 🔪 Yellowstone | Paramount Network
    • It's hard to play the victim, Summer, while you're on top.

      It's hard to play the victim, Summer, while you're on top.

    • It's hard to play the victim, Summer, while you're on top.

      It's hard to play the victim, Summer, while you're on top.

    B1

    6 Warning Signs of A Manipulative Person

    03:516 Warning Signs of A Manipulative Person
    • Number five, they play the victim.

      Number five, they play the victim.

    • Another manipulative tactic to help draw you in is to play the victim card.

      Another manipulative tactic to help draw you in is to play the victim card.

    B1

    Stop Giving People Control Over Your Life | The Philosophy of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

    06:22Stop Giving People Control Over Your Life | The Philosophy of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
    • Even when it would have been easy to play the victim and blame the government, the police, the country, the community, or the people, he didn't blame anyone but himself.

      Even when it would have been easy to play the victim and blame the government, the police, the country, the community, or the people, he didn't blame anyone but himself.

    • and they take complete responsibility for the outcomes of their lives." So Solzhenitsyn took complete responsibility for ending up in prison, even when it would have been easy to play the victim and blame the government, the police, the country, the community, or the people.

      and they take complete responsibility for the outcomes of their lives." So Solzhenitsyn took complete responsibility for ending up in prison, even when it would have been easy to play the victim and blame the government, the police, the country, the community, or the people.

    B1