As far as I know, 'deprive' can only be used to as a transitive verb: you deprive someone of something, or someone is deprived of something. Can you give an example of where you think 'deprive' might be used intransitively, or tell us where you were told that it has an intransitive meaning? NB All passive constructions involve transitive verbs.

Hello! Here is an example of "deprive" used as a transitive verb: "It is wrong when parents deprive their children of love and support". Here is the explanation: parents = subject; deprive = verb; children = object/noun so it is an action being done by the subject to the object. To use "deprive" as an intransitive verb I would add -ed and use it like this: "Children really suffer when deprived of love and support." - in the sentence, "deprived" is not a verb or action that is being done by the subject to an object - it is just an action being done to the subject. I hope that helps!