disenfranchise
Origin of disenfranchise
Related Words for disenfranchised
ineffectual, impotent, passive, ineffective, paralyzed, incapable, helpless, defenseless, vulnerable, inert, disenfranchised, incarcerate, suppress, deprive, coerce, shackle, imprison, subjugate, oppress, disenfranchiseExamples from the Web for disenfranchised
Contemporary Examples of disenfranchised
Brute is the story of Mac and Jesse, two disenfranchised teens who turn to robbing houses as a form of recreation and quick cash.
Nitehawk Shorts Festival: ‘Brute,’ a Twisted Take on Playing in the DarkJulia Grinberg
November 28, 2014
Doar agreed that this was a case about “arrogance,” but not of the 1,600 voters now disenfranchised, or of the Justice Department.
Honoring The Late John Doar, A Nearly Forgotten Hero Of The Civil Rights EraGary May
November 15, 2014
When the rule of law and political transition fail to bring about change, disenfranchised and marginalized groups take up arms.
Having played mostly female and trans characters has made him somewhat of a celebrity among the disenfranchised.
Right now, millions of Americans are disenfranchised by our political process.
Paying Taxes and Going to Jail Like Adults; Teens Deserve the Right to Vote, TooJillian Keenan
October 6, 2014
Historical Examples of disenfranchised
Disenfranchised or citizens, allies or aliens, pell-mell the lot of them in we will squeeze.
LysistrataAristophanes
People write to the Cambridge Magazine saying that every one over forty should be disenfranchised and interned, if not shot.
Non-combatants and OthersRose Macaulay
At least, it would have disenfranchised all Ravick's permanently unemployed "unemployed hunters."
Four-Day PlanetHenry Beam Piper
And as we have already noted, the great mass of voters in Italy were also disenfranchised by distance.
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and MankindHerbert George Wells
The constitution can scarcely be called a democratic one, for at least 7000 citizens were disenfranchised.
Europe in the Sixteenth Century 1494-1598, Fifth EditionA. H. (Arthur Henry) Johnson