proletarianise
/ˌproʊlɪˈtɛriənaɪz/
verb
- To make someone or something part of the working class or give them working-class characteristics.
- The factory's expansion threatened to proletarianise the entire village.
- Economic changes can proletarianise skilled workers who lose their independent businesses.
- The novel shows how industrialization began to proletarianise rural farmers.