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Adjective: deprived  di'prIvd
  1. Marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences
    "boys from a deprived environment, wherein the family life revealed a pattern of neglect, moral degradation, and disregard for law"; "a childhood that was unhappy and deprived, the family living off charity";
    - disadvantaged
Verb: deprive  di'prIv
  1. Take away possessions, function, power or title
    "The Nazis deprived the Jews of all their assets";
    - strip, divest
     
  2. Keep from having, keeping, or obtaining

See also: underprivileged

Type of: keep back, take, withhold

Encyclopedia: Deprive