Pauperize: meaning, definitions and examples

economics

To reduce someone to poverty; to impoverish or make destitute.

bankrupt, destitute, impoverish

Examples of usage

• Unemployment and inflation can pauperize a nation's citizens.

• The economic policies of the government have the potential to pauperize the working class.

• The lack of social welfare programs can pauperize vulnerable populations.

• Natural disasters can quickly pauperize families who are already living on the edge.

• The ongoing conflict has pauperized the entire region.