"play the victim card" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "plays the victim card",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "playing the victim card",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "played the victim card",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "played the victim card",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "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)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The serial killer played the victim card as he blamed others for his actions.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To portray oneself as an innocent victim instead of taking responsibility."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "victim",
          "victim"
        ],
        [
          "responsibility",
          "responsibility"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To portray oneself as an innocent victim instead of taking responsibility."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to portray oneself as an innocent victim instead of taking responsibility.",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "offerkofta"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "word": "play the victim card"
}

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    {
      "form": "plays the victim card",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "playing the victim card",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "played the victim card",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "played the victim card",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "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)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The serial killer played the victim card as he blamed others for his actions.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To portray oneself as an innocent victim instead of taking responsibility."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "victim",
          "victim"
        ],
        [
          "responsibility",
          "responsibility"
        ]
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) To portray oneself as an innocent victim instead of taking responsibility."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to portray oneself as an innocent victim instead of taking responsibility.",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "offerkofta"
    }
  ],
  "word": "play the victim card"
}