pau·per·ize

(pô′pə-rīz′)

tr.v. pau·per·ized, pau·per·iz·ing, pau·per·iz·es

To make a pauper of; impoverish.

pau′per·i·za′tion (-pər-ĭ-zā′shən) n.

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pauperization

(ˌpɔːpəraɪˈzeɪʃən) or

pauperisation

the act or process of making a pauper of or impoverishing

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	pauperization - a state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless" indigence, pauperism, penury, need impoverishment, poorness, poverty - the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions mendicancy, mendicity, beggary - the state of being a beggar or mendicant; "they were reduced to mendicancy"
	2.	pauperization - the act of making someone poor pauperisation, impoverishment privation, deprivation - act of depriving someone of food or money or rights; "nutritional privation"; "deprivation of civil rights"

Translations

pauperization

[ˌpɔːpəraɪˈzeɪʃən] N → pauperización f, empobrecimiento m

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pauperization

n → Verarmung f; (fig also) → Verkümmerung f

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