disfranchise Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb deprive of voting rights
    disenfranchise.

WordNet

Dis*fran"chise transitive verb
Etymology
Cf. Diffranchise.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Disfranchised ; present participle & verbal noun Disfranchising
Definitions
  1. 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.
    Sir William Fitzwilliam was disfranchised. Fabyan (1509).
    He was partially disfranchised so as to be made incapable of taking part in public affairs. Thirlwall.

Webster 1913