pauperize

The new tax policy will pauperize many middle-class families.

用法提示：这里pauperize用作及物动词，表示使某人变得贫穷。

Years of war pauperized the once-prosperous region.

用法提示：pauperized是过去式，描述过去的动作导致贫困状态。

The government's austerity measures are pauperizing the working class.

用法提示：pauperizing是现在分词，表示正在进行的使贫穷的动作。