pauperize
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
- pauperization noun
- pauperizer noun
Etymology
Origin of pauperize
Example Sentences
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Arose Alexander R. Sheppard, great public spirit, great builder, to pave and light streets, lay sewers, plant trees, pauperize himself.
From Time Magazine Archive
Runaway price boosts might wipe out savings, pauperize individuals, bring down governments —but usually in only one or a few countries at any specific time, and for what seemed fairly clear reasons.
From Time Magazine Archive
Which course would be most sure to pauperize them utterly?
From White Slaves; or, the Oppression of the Worthy Poor by Banks, Louis Albert
"A doctor has no right to pauperize people"—he said "pauper-wize people"—"any more than any one else."
From The Side Of The Angels A Novel by King, Basil
We ought not to pauperize them at all.
From White Slaves; or, the Oppression of the Worthy Poor by Banks, Louis Albert
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