immiserating

Verb

immiserate (third-person singular simple present immiserates, present participle immiserating, simple past and past participle immiserated)

1. (transitive) To impoverish (someone); to make someone sink into misery.
   • By far the most powerful dynamic conception of capitalism as a system wracked by unavoidable change is the classic Marxian view in which a working class is first immiserated, then disciplined, finally goaded beyond endurance by a system that systematically exploits and deceives it.1971 November 28, Robert L. Heilbroner, “Phase II of the Capitalist System”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

   Synonyms:

   depauperate, destitute, pauperize, beggar, depauperize, embeggar, empoverish, impoor, impoverish, poor