noun (n)

• a state of extreme poverty or destitution(noun.state)

  Synonym:
  indigence, need, pauperism, penury
  

  source: wordnet30
• the act of making someone poor(noun.act)

  Synonym:
  impoverishment, pauperisation
  

  source: wordnet30
• The act or process of reducing to pauperism.(noun)

  source: webster1913