Deprives of food (7)

I believe the answer is:

starves

'deprives of food' is the definition.
('starve' can be a synonym of 'deprive of food')

This is all the clue.

(Another definition for starves that I've seen is " consumes nothing".)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror and The Daily Mail.

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