disenfranchise
To deprive someone of a franchise, generally of the right to voteTo deprive someone of a franchise, generally of the right to vote.
» Soon the disenfranchised, downtrodden laymen started a full out uprising, seeking to tear out the remnants of their oppression.
Meaning
1 sensesTo deprive someone of a franchise, generally of the right to vote.
das Wahlrecht entziehen, vom Wahlrecht ausschließen
- deprive of voting rights
Examples
5 sentencesSoon the disenfranchised, downtrodden laymen started a full out uprising, seeking to tear out the remnants of their oppression.
Hooray! We have another dreamy, starry-eyed idealist to disenfranchise and oppress!
Concerns are mounting that the coronavirus pandemic could disenfranchise large numbers of American voters in the U.S. presidential election.
"If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." "But the Republicans are obviously trying to disenfranchise as many voters as possible."
From the very beginning of the United States, a large number of people were disenfranchised by design, and this remains true today.
Translations
1 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From dis- + enfranchise.From dis- + enfranchise.
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Forms
disenfranchises, disenfranchising, disenfranchised, disenfranchised| Base form | disenfranchise · to disenfranchise |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | disenfranchises |
| Present participle | disenfranchising |
| Past simple | disenfranchised |
| Past participle | disenfranchised |
regular · Lesson
Synonyms
1 synonyms- deprive of voting rights:disfranchise
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle