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depriving

Variant of deprive

transitive verb deprived, depriving

  1. to take something away from forcibly; dispossess: to deprive someone of his property
  2. to keep from having, using, or enjoying: to be deprived of one's rights
  3. to remove from office, esp. ecclesiastical office

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