'Pauperize' definitions:

Definition of 'pauperize'

From: WordNet
verb
Reduce to beggary [syn: beggar, pauperize, pauperise]

Definition of 'Pauperize'

From: GCIDE
  • Pauperize \Pau"per*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pauperized; p. pr. & vb. n. Pauperizing.] To reduce to pauperism; as, to pauperize the peasantry. [1913 Webster]