PAUPERISATION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of making someone poor

Synonyms:

impoverishment; pauperisation; pauperization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("pauperisation" is a kind of...):

deprivation; privation (act of depriving someone of food or money or rights)

Derivation:

pauperise (reduce to beggary)

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