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disenfranchise definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: deprive of voting rights [syn: disenfranchise, disfranchise] [ant: enfranchise]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb Date: 1664 to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity; especially to deprive of the right to vote • disenfranchisement noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. (also disfranchise) 1 a deprive (a person) of the right to vote. b deprive (a place) of the right to send a representative to parliament. 2 deprive (a person) of rights as a citizen or of a franchise held. Derivatives: disenfranchisement n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Disenfranchise Dis`en*fran"chise, v. t. To disfranchise; to deprive of the rights of a citizen. -- Dis`en*fran"chise*ment, n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(disenfranchises, disenfranchising, disenfranchised) To disenfranchise a group of people means to take away their right to vote, or their right to vote for what they really want. ...fears of an organized attempt to disenfranchise supporters of Father Aristide. ...the helplessness of disenfranchised minorities. VERB: V n, V-ed

Moby Thesaurus

deprive of freedom, disfranchise, dominate, enslave, enthrall, hold captive, hold down, hold in bondage, hold in captivity, hold in leash, hold in subjection, keep down, keep under, lead captive, make dependent, peonize, subject, subjugate, subordinate, take captive, vassalize