Disenfranchise definitions and example sentences on Wordnik

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I call upon Mr. Padavan to apologize to every voter he attempted to disenfranchise, and for him to apologize to the people of the 11th Senatorial District for dragging out this process into the new year and thereby causing them to be unrepresented in the State Senate since January

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transitive verb To disfranchise.

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The reproductive autonomy of women of color and poor women should not be compromised to support Representative LaBruzzo's eugenic policy to sterilize, blame, disenfranchise, and restrict the rights of women to control and care for their bodies, reproduction, and sexuality. — NOLA Indymedia
Why a pending Supreme Court case could disenfranchise students just as they've begun voting in record numbers. — CampusProgress.org
No. A majority does not have the right to disenfranchise a minority. — MNspeak.com
Our challenge has been to displace and disenfranchise the enemy permanently. — QandO
Sadly, rather than addressing real voter fraud, the true effect of these laws is to disenfranchise the estimated 20 million Americans who have not purchased IDs. — Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com