pauperize

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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

Arose Alexander R. Sheppard, great public spirit, great builder, to pave and light streets, lay sewers, plant trees, pauperize himself.

From Time Magazine Archive

In order not to pauperize his people, Owen had them pay a slight tuition for the care of the children, and there was a small tax levied to buy flower-seeds.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen by Hubbard, Elbert

But, after all, you may pauperize people almost as rapidly in the attic as in the almshouse.

From White Slaves; or, the Oppression of the Worthy Poor by Banks, Louis Albert

Let us not pauperize ourselves by our very importunity.

From The Threshold Grace by Ainsworth, Percy C.