pauperize

/ˈpɔːpəraɪz/
verb
  1. To make very poor; to reduce to poverty.
    • Years of war pauperized the entire region.
    • The new tax policies threatened to pauperize the middle class.
    • The company's bankruptcy pauperized many of its retired workers.
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