Deprive — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

take away possessions from someone

keep from having, keeping, or obtaining

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/dˈɑːɾɑːɹdz/

🇬🇧British English

/dɪpɹˈaɪv/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dɪpɹˈaɪv/

2 syllables Say it as /dˈɑːɾɑːɹdz/.

Examples

The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

strip divest impoverish

Antonyms

enrich

Parts of Speech

verb	take away possessions from someone “The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets”
verb	keep from having, keeping, or obtaining
verb	take away

Word Forms

deprivation	noun	a state of extreme poverty
divestiture	noun	an order to an offending party to rid itself of property; it has the purpose of depriving the defendant of the gains of wrongful behavior
impoverishment	noun	the act of making someone poor

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

berauben

jemandem Besitz wegnehmen

🇫🇷French

priver

enlever les biens de quelqu'un

🇪🇸Spanish

privar

quitarle posesiones a alguien

🇮🇹Italian

privare

togliere beni a qualcuno

🇳🇱Dutch

ontnemen

bezittingen van iemand afpakken

🇵🇹Portuguese

privar

tirar bens de alguém

🇷🇺Russian

лишать

отобрать имущество у кого-либо

India

🇮🇳Hindi

वंचित

किसी से संपत्ति छीन लेना

🇧🇩Bengali

বঞ্চিত করা

কারো কাছ থেকে সম্পত্তি কেড়ে নেওয়া

🇮🇳Tamil

பறிக்க

ஒருவரிடமிருந்து உடைமைகளை எடுத்துக் கொள்ளுங்கள்

🇮🇳Telugu

అందకుండా చేస్తాయి

ఒకరి నుండి ఆస్తులను తీసివేయండి

🇮🇳Marathi

वंचित करणे

एखाद्याकडून मालमत्ता काढून घ्या

🇮🇳Gujarati

વંચિત

કોઈની પાસેથી સંપત્તિ છીનવી લેવી

🇮🇳Kannada

ವಂಚಿತ

ಯಾರೊಬ್ಬರಿಂದ ಆಸ್ತಿಯನ್ನು ಕಸಿದುಕೊಳ್ಳಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

നഷ്ടപ്പെടുത്തുക

ഒരാളിൽ നിന്ന് സ്വത്തുക്കൾ എടുക്കുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਵੰਚਿਤ

ਕਿਸੇ ਤੋਂ ਜਾਇਦਾਦ ਖੋਹ ਲਓ

🇵🇰Urdu

محروم کرنا

کسی سے مال چھین لینا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

剥夺

拿走某人的财产

🇯🇵Japanese

奪う

人から所有物を取り上げる

🇰🇷Korean

빼앗다

누군가의 소유물을 빼앗다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

tước đoạt

lấy đi tài sản của ai đó

🇹🇭Thai

กีดกัน

แย่งชิงทรัพย์สินจากใครบางคน

🇮🇩Indonesian

mencabut

mengambil harta milik seseorang

🇵🇭Filipino

bawian

kumuha ng mga ari-arian mula sa isang tao

🇲🇾Malay

melucutkan

mengambil harta dari seseorang

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

يحرم

أخذ الممتلكات من شخص ما

🇮🇷Persian

محروم کردن

اموال را از کسی بگیر

🇹🇷Turkish

mahrum etmek

birinin eşyasını elinden almak

🇮🇱Hebrew

לִשְׁלוֹל

לקחת רכוש ממישהו

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