Definition deprive in American English

deprive verb

[transitive] verb

/dɪˈpraɪv/

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.

Synonyms and related words

go off with seize rob

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