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Newguest Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
Claim a victim
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Sometimes we can't stop him from claiming an innocent victim.
--- Does it mean "from attacking an innocent victim"?
Sometimes we can't stop him from claiming an innocent victim.
--- Does it mean "from attacking an innocent victim"?
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Yes.
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Yes, claim means to call as one's own. [In the States, the area at the airport is called 'baggage claim'.] The use of the word makes sense here, but I think it is more often used with inanimate objects, such as "the hurricane claimed hundreds of victims".
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