baldwin

V. 'to baldwin' A form of pyrrhic victory where an individual partially causes something really bad to happen such as a death and they avoid the worst of the consequences but it overall remains a bad situation.

N. Refers to the victory in the above situation itself.

Also 'baldwinner': Refers to the individual who caused the baldwin to occur.

The milkman got distracted at the wheel and baldwined into the mother of four.