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Pauperize

Pauperize \Pau"per*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pauperized; p. pr. & vb. n. Pauperizing.] To reduce to pauperism; as, to pauperize the peasantry.

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pauperize

vb. To make someone a pauper; to impoverish

WordNet
pauperize

v. reduce to beggary [syn: beggar, pauperise]

Usage examples of "pauperize".

She pauperized gigolos, she spayed studs, she hospitalized heartbreakers.

The more sadistic of them might enjoy pauperizing the competition, but almost all wanted customers who would look forward to the next fleecing.