Playing the victim

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What Wikipedia says

Playing the victim (also known as victim playing, victim card, or self-victimization) is the perceived fabrication or exaggeration of victimhood for a variety of reasons such as to justify abuse to others, to manipulate others, a coping strategy, attention seeking or diffusion of responsibility.

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