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Verb: deprive  di'prIv
  1. Take away possessions from someone
    "The Nazis deprived the Jews of all their assets"
    - strip, divest
     
  2. Keep from having, keeping, or obtaining
     
  3. Take away
    - impoverish

Derived forms: depriving, deprives, deprived

See also: deprivation

Type of: decline, keep back, take, withhold, worsen

Antonym: enrich

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