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Posted: **Sun May 08, 2011 11:36 am**

Questions:
"As a result, they often fall victims to criminals."

Does this sentence make sense and is it possible to say "to fall a victim"?
thanx

Posted: **Sun May 08, 2011 4:24 pm**

The correct expression is "to fall victim to something".

"As a result, they often fall victim to criminals."

<--- correct

It is not idiomatic to say:
"to fall a victim to something"

"to fall victims to something"

to fall victim to