Pauperize (Verb)
Meaning
Reduce to beggary.
Classification
Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
Examples
- The economic downturn began to pauperize many families who were already living on the edge of poverty.
- Years of addiction left him on the streets, a shadow of his former self, as the disease had pauperized him completely.
- The prolonged illness had managed to pauperize the wealthy businessman who once lived in luxury.
- In just a few short years, the company's financial mismanagement had pauperized its thousands of employees.
- The excessive spending of the nation's resources pauperized the general population and led to widespread famine and despair.