pauperise

/ˈpɔːpəraɪz/
verb
  1. To make very poor; to reduce to poverty.
    • Years of war pauperised the entire region.
    • They feared the economic reforms would pauperise the middle class.
    • The new tax threatened to pauperise many small farmers.
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