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Verb: deprive  di'prIv
  1. Take away possessions, function, power or title
    "The Nazis deprived the Jews of all their assets";
    - strip, divest
     
  2. Keep from having, keeping, or obtaining
    "The new law deprived citizens of certain freedoms"

Derived forms: deprived, deprives, depriving

Type of: keep back, take, withhold

Encyclopedia: Deprive