Third person singular present tense of deprive; takes away something that someone needs or wants.
From deprive (Old French depriver, from Latin deprivare 'to take away'). The -es ending marks third person singular in present tense (he/she/it deprives).
Deprives is the common modern form you'll find in news and literature. 'Sleep deprivation' shows how productive the deprive root is—we use it constantly in scientific and medical contexts.
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