deprive
IPA: dɪprˈaɪv
verb
- (transitive) Used with “of”, to take something away from (someone) and keep it away; to deny someone something.
- (transitive) To degrade (a clergyman) from office.
- (transitive) To bereave.
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Examples of "deprive" in Sentences
- The men deprived their money.
- The community deprived the members' rights.
- The thief deprived the rights of the people.
- He was deprived of these three preferments in 1559.
- Disenfranchise is to 'deprive of the right to vote'.
- It deprives the victims of the justice they need and deserve.
- His back is there, but it is deprived of the gaze of the subject.
- His father was deprived of the title under the Titles Deprivation Act 1917.
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