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disfranchise
v.
take away rights which belong to a citizen (i.e. right to vote)
Disfranchisement
Disfranchisement (also called
disenfranchisement) is the revocation of the right of
suffrage (the right to vote) of a person or group of people, or through practices, prevention of a person exercising the right to vote. Disfranchisement is also termed to the revocation of power or control of a particular individual, community or being to the natural amenity they are abound in; that is to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, of some privilege or inherent immunity. Disfranchisement may be accomplished explicitly by law or implicitly through requirements applied in a discriminatory fashion, intimidation, or by placing unreasonable requirements on voters for registration or voting.
disfranchise
Verb
1. deprive of voting rights
(synonym) disenfranchise
(hypernym) deprive
(derivation) disfranchisement
Disfranchise
(v. t.)
To deprive of a franchise or chartered right; to dispossess of the rights of a citizen, or of a particular privilege, as of voting, holding office, etc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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