ˈpȯpəˌrīz transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: pauper (I) + -ize
: to make a pauper of : reduce to abject poverty : imbue with the spirit of a pauper : beggar , impoverish
those ragged days when he was only a shaver and his old man was a pauperized greenhorn — J.T.Farrell