Footnote

a A victim is defined as “one who is harmed or killed by another . . . One who is harmed by or made to suffer from an act, circumstance, agency, or condition.” On the other hand, a martyr is “one who chooses to suffer death rather than renounce religious principles. . . . One who makes great sacrifices or suffers much in order to further a belief, cause, or principle.”​—The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition.