1. to reduce to poverty; to impoverish or make poor
Usage: formal or literary; third-person singular present tense of 'depauperate'

Examples

• The prolonged drought depauperates entire farming communities.
• Excessive taxation depauperates the middle class.
• War and famine depauperate nations and leave lasting scars.
• Economic mismanagement depauperates the population over time.
• The policy depauperates vulnerable households while benefiting the wealthy.