Disenfranchise
(verb)
- To strip of the rights of citizenship or voting, especially the right to vote.
- To deprive of a privilege or right.
- 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:
- The government disenfranchised the ethnic minority by revoking their voting rights.
- His actions had disenfranchised him from the political process.
- The proposed law would disenfranchise thousands of low-income voters.
- Many women were disenfranchised until they gained the right to vote.
- The decision of the court disenfranchised the immigrants.