"play the victim card" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-play the victim card.wav [US] Forms: plays the victim card [present, singular, third-person], playing the victim card [participle, present], played the victim card [participle, past], played the victim card [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} play the victim card (third-person singular simple present plays the victim card, present participle playing the victim card, simple past and past participle played the victim card)
  1. (idiomatic) To portray oneself as an innocent victim instead of taking responsibility. Tags: idiomatic Translations (to portray oneself as an innocent victim instead of taking responsibility.): offerkofta [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-play_the_victim_card-en-verb-oBm9KBjC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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