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Noun: pauperisation  ,po-pu-ru'zey-shun [N. Amer], ,po-pu-rI'zey-shun [Brit]
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: pauperization)
  1. The act of making someone poor
    "The economic crisis led to the pauperisation of many middle-class families";
    - pauperization, impoverishment

Derived forms: pauperisations

Type of: deprivation, privation