disfranchise
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
- disfranchisement noun
- disfranchiser noun
- nondisfranchised adjective
- undisfranchised adjective
Etymology
Origin of disfranchise
A late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; dis- 1, franchise
Example Sentences
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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
It added that a significant number of voters were disfranchised because polling stations did not open, adding that even those people who were able to vote did so "in a context of fear and anxiety".
From BBC
“It’s really going to create more division, more hardship, more hate, more civil unrest. It’s going to disfranchise thousands and thousands of people who voted.”
From Fox News
Two-fifths of Virginians were enslaved, and Virginia’s conservative post-revolutionary constitution — to Jefferson’s dismay — disfranchised a third of the state’s white males.
From Washington Post
By 1846, residents of Alexandria had grown irritated over being disfranchised, and political control of that area returned to Virginia.
From Washington Post
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