Definitions
Wiktionary
- v. present participle of beggar.
Examples
“And most disappointing for me that these jackals who were responsible for beggaring America have not been held criminally accountable.”
“Hasn't the Bank of England been recklessly bolstering prices and beggaring the very thrift it should have been encouraging?”
The Wall Street Journal: BOE's Monetary Gamble Nears Its Endgame
“Their looting and beggaring of the state and the society—something about which we now possess even more painfully exact information—was having the same effect.”
“Economists call this "beggaring thy neighbor," but it might better be thought of as beggaring thyself.”
“No, we'd like to see a system put in place to stop us ever again having to hand over billions to irresponsible capitalist parasites and beggaring ourselves and the next generation who've done nothing to deserve it.”
The Guardian: The budget: Of rhetoric and reality | Editorial
“Not one CEO of a major financial institution or bank has, so far as I know, been indicted, tried and convicted for criminal acts committed causing the Great Recession and the beggaring of America.”
The Huffington Post: Ed Koch: If This Be Class Warfare, So Be It
“The only way to stop countries 'systematic manipulation to gain competitive advantage by beggaring their neighbors is if the nations which engage in it less than others -- principally the U.S., the Commonwealth nations, and most European countries -- alongside with international organizations including the World Bank, WTO, and the International Monetary Fund agree to cooperate to fight it.”
The Huffington Post: Robert D. Atkinson, Ph.D.: Ending Innovation Mercantilism
“They talk about annihilating, obliterating, beggaring, starving, impoverishing, raping and pillaging other human beings as if this behavior has no consequences to themselves or to those they represent.”
“If you want your kid to enjoy an expensive sports program, French lessons, extra advanced placement courses and a swanky art, drama and music curriculum, here's a way to pay for it without beggaring your neighbors.”
“Most researchers are not oriented towards intentional fraud/malice/deceit/enrichment-by-beggaring-or- otherwise-making-life-miserable-for-others... actions and activities, and don't design lab experiments unless the lab experiments are specifically designed to look at "security" for its own sake or for applications to other things to INCLUDE "security" and "resistance" to tampering etc.”
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Probe~ation
An obnoxious and ridiculous madlib list where verbish '-ing' words fill in the blank wherein the blank is a call for a beating.
For example:
"You're ________in' for a brus...searching, looking, hunting, seeking, questing, exploring, asking, inquiring, snooping, poking, probing, scouting and 262 more...
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