to beggar
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6.5
- verb
- /ˈbɛɡər/
:
empobrecer
- Many Americans fear that catastrophic illness could beggar them.
Examples
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I thought that nothing could beggar that.
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Although it will infallibly beggar me and my children, it will produce strength, hardiness, activity, courage, fortitude, and enterprise; the manly, noble, and sublime qualities in human nature, in abundance.
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It's bad enough when people with more money than sense or taste pay her tens of thousands for her "art," but when public money goes into her bank account, it beggars belief.
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You say that "Asians note that the so-called Asian currency crisis was created by Western financial institutions to beggar vulnerable Asian nations with open financial systems."
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The same progressive pre-Arkansas core she presumably throttled when Marion Edelman accurately predicted the welfare "reform" the Clinton WH pushed would beggar poor kids.
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The sudden loss of my job could beggar my family if I don't find a new source of income soon.
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A poor financial decision could beggar anyone, leaving them without enough for basic needs.
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If the company's costs continue to rise like this, it will surely beggar its employees and force them to find new jobs.
Synonyms
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9.9
To make a person or group very poor
Antonyms
Compounds
- US
A plant with yellow flowers and small prickly fruits that stick to fur or clothing
A two-player card game where each player tries to win all the other player's cards
- Literature
A plan by one country to help itself by hurting other countries' trade
- Literature
A plan to help one country by hurting other countries' trade
A plant with yellow flowers from Europe and Asia whose seeds have small hooks that stick to fur and clothes
- Specialized
A plant that grows in wet places with yellow flowers and seeds that stick to clothes
A plant found in wet places with leaves in three parts and small yellow flowers whose seeds stick to clothes
How Impoverishing
Surface Forms
Etymology
Beggar as a verb comes from the idea of turning someone into a beggar — with beg meaning 'to ask' — so to beggar someone is to make them so poor that they must ask for help.