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Definition deprive in American English

deprive verb

[transitive]verb
/dɪˈpraɪv/
1

if you deprive someone of something, you take it away from them or prevent them from having it

Example

As a child he had been deprived of love and attention.

Example

The courts cannot deprive me of the right to see my child.

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Definition deprive in American English