Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pauperization \Pau`per*i*za"tion\, n.
   The act or process of reducing to pauperism. --C. Kingsley.

Source : WordNet®

pauperization
     n 1: a state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence
          appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the
          homeless" [syn: {indigence}, {need}, {penury}, {beggary},
           {pauperism}]
     2: the act of making someone poor [syn: {pauperisation}, {impoverishment}]