That austerity policy pauperizes entire communities by cutting funding for schools and hospitals.

The charity hospital provided free care to the paupers who had nowhere else to turn.

The sudden closure of the factory paupers the town, turning once-thriving streets into empty alleys.

The historian documented the varying pauperisms that afflicted different industrial towns during the 19th century.

Because he had no family or assets, the city arranged a pauper's funeral for him.

The city council debated whether to increase funding for paupers' funerals after the recent rise in homelessness.

The old man's pockets were empty as a pauper's purse after the holidays.

After losing his savings and home, he resigned himself to pauperdom, relying on the kindness of neighbors to get by.

The old charity committee debated how best to provide food and shelter for the pauperesses in the parish.

The old pauperess sat by the market gate, knitting to pass the long, cold hours.