Disenfranchise (verb)

  1. To strip of the rights of citizenship or voting, especially the right to vote.
  2. To deprive of a privilege or right.
  3. To annul the franchise or citizenship rights of.

Origin:

From french désaffranchir, from des- + franchir ("to free, enfranchise"), from old french franchir, from franc ("fre.e")

Examples:

  1. The government disenfranchised the ethnic minority by revoking their voting rights.
  2. His actions had disenfranchised him from the political process.
  3. The proposed law would disenfranchise thousands of low-income voters.
  4. Many women were disenfranchised until they gained the right to vote.
  5. The decision of the court disenfranchised the immigrants.
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