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im·mis·er·ate  (-mz-rt)
tr.v. im·mis·er·at·ed, im·mis·er·at·ing, im·mis·er·ates
To make miserable; impoverish.
[New Latin immiserre, immisert- (translation of German verelenden, to sink into misery : ver-, causative pref. + Elend, poverty) : Latin in-, causative pref.; see in-2 + Latin miser, wretched.]
im·miser·ation n.


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Despite the immiseration (to use an apt Marxist term) of his people, his ruthless censorship, his omnipresent informants, and his prison camps for dissidents, homosexuals, and anyone else who aroused his ire, Castro is still venerated by many on the left.
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16) Drawing away from Edward Thompson, it seems that we are coming to view the linguistic constitution of social identities in the creation of new social categories as at least as important as the experience of material deprivation, exploitation and immiseration.
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Whether in or out of camps, members of the colonial society suffered fear and immiseration of all kinds.
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