pauperization (n.)

  1. a state of extreme poverty or destitution; their indigence appalled him; a general state of need exists among the homeless

    [ Syn: indigence , need , penury , pauperism ]

  2. the act of making someone poor

    [ Syn: pauperisation , impoverishment ]

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