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paupériser

French → English

verb//po.pe.ʁi.ze//

(economics) To impoverish: to make a specific social class or population extremely poor over time

L'inflation galopante risque de paupériser la classe moyenne en réduisant son pouvoir d'achat.

(English) Skyrocketing inflation risks impoverishing the middle class by reducing its purchasing power.

La fermeture des usines a fini par paupériser toute cette région industrielle.

(English) The closure of the factories ended up impoverishing this entire industrial region.

Entry ID: fr:en:paupériser · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary