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Answer for the clue "The act of making poor ", 13 letters:
pauperization

Word definitions for pauperization in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pauperization \Pau`per*i*za"tion\, n. The act or process of reducing to pauperism. --C. Kingsley.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The act or process of reducing to pauperism.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless" [syn: indigence , need , penury , beggary , pauperism ] the act of making someone poor [syn: pauperisation , impoverishment ...