disenfranchise

🇺🇸 /ˌdɪsɪnˈfræntʃaɪz/ 🇬🇧 /ˌdɪsɪnˈfræntʃaɪz/
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verb
R

To deprive someone of a right, especially the right to vote.

The new law threatened to disenfranchise many young voters.

translation

v. To deprive someone of a right, especially the right to vote.

Word Forms

3rd Present disenfranchises
Past disenfranchised
Perfect disenfranchised
Progressive disenfranchising