pauperize

(pô'pə-rīz')
tr.v., -ized, -iz·ing, -iz·es.
To make a pauper of; impoverish.

pauperization pau'per·i·za'tion (-pər-ĭ-zā'shən) n.

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verb

To reduce to financial insolvency: bankrupt, break, bust, impoverish, ruin. Slang clean out. See money.

See words rhyming with "pauperize."

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - forarme

Nederlands (Dutch)
verpauperen

Français (French)
v. tr. - s'appauvrir, appauvrir

Deutsch (German)
v. - arm machen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - εξαθλιώνω, οδηγώ σε εξαθλίωση

Italiano (Italian)
impoverire

Português (Portuguese)
v. - depauperar, empobrecer

Русский (Russian)
доводить до нищеты

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - empobrecer, reducir a la miseria

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - utarma

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使成贫穷, 使成为受救济者

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使成貧窮, 使成為受救濟者

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 가난하게 하다, 빈민으로 만들다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 貧乏にする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يجعله فقيرا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮רושש, דלדל‬

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