"professional victim" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-professional victim.ogg [Australia] Forms: professional victims [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} professional victim (plural professional victims)
  1. (derogatory, idiomatic) A person who makes it their business to appear perpetually offended and victimized. Tags: derogatory, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-professional_victim-en-noun-0S5JlUjK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46
  2. (derogatory, idiomatic) A 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. Tags: derogatory, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-professional_victim-en-noun-jMqBawEs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46

Inflected forms

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