transitive verb

Reduce (someone) to poverty.

by being soft to the unfortunate, we beggared ourselves

impoverish,make poor,reduce to poverty,reduce to penury,reduce to destitution,bankrupt,make bankrupt,make destitute,ruin,wipe out,break,cripple

noun

A person, typically a homeless one, who lives by asking for money or food.

How many times have you been asked in the street for some money from a seemingly homeless person or a beggar?

tramp,beggarman,beggarwoman,vagrant,vagabond,down-and-out,homeless person,derelict,mendicant