disenfranchise

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: dis=en=fran=chise

OXFORD DICTIONARY

disenfranchise, 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.

Derivative

disenfranchisement n.

THESAURUS

disenfranchise

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