disfranchise
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of disfranchise
A late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; see origin at dis- 1, franchise
Example Sentences
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Since Pickering thinks the youngsters got it right, his solution is to disfranchise the geezers:
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2016
In fact, Smith's ruling passion is to disfranchise all monopolies that concentrate and protect hoarded capital.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then she asked the question, 'What were "disfranchise" mean?'
From Time Magazine Archive
Whom he can and will support Senator Johnson did not say but few of his followers expected him to disfranchise himself election day.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Government, having now revised its previous resolve, proposed to disfranchise as many as 84 small Irish boroughs, and allotted £15,000 for each, or £1,260,000 in all.
From William Pitt and the Great War by John Holland Rose
Typically, “the Court’s cases neither name nor quote the disfranchised, erasing their voices from law’s past.”
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
Soumahoro says with a smile that he will have the "best suntan" in parliament, but is adamant that he intends to speak for the poor and disfranchised, regardless of their colour.
From Reuters ● Oct. 12, 2022
By 1846, residents of Alexandria had grown irritated over being disfranchised, and political control of that area returned to Virginia.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 13, 2019
This both encouraged a more egalitarian discourse and made it possible for the voices of the previously disfranchised to be heard.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 14, 2018
Its two members were reduced to one by the act of 1867, and the borough was disfranchised in 1885.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various
But it is difficult to fathom the logic of disfranchising citizens because they were poorly served by politically controlled schools.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2016
It’s reasonable to conclude, then, that the Harsanyi plan would have the intended effect of disfranchising a substantial minority of eligible citizens.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2016
The Constitution of Mississippi has served as the pattern for the disfranchising enactments of South Carolina and Louisiana.
From The Disfranchisement of the Negro The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers No. 6 by John L. Love
In other words, there was one majority for disfranchising just one-half the meeting, counting the above man; and this, too, on the principle that the majority ought to rule.
From The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by James Fenimore Cooper
Then an act was passed providing for submitting that Constitution to the people of Virginia, with the privilege of voting separately on the disfranchising clause, which clause they, of course, rejected.
From Forty-Six Years in the Army by John M. Schofield
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