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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
dis·fran·chise       [dis-fran-chahyz] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), -chised, -chis·ing.
1.to deprive (a person) of a right of citizenship, as of the right to vote.
2.to deprive of a franchise, privilege, or right.
Also, disenfranchise.

[Origin: 1425–75; late ME; see dis-1, franchise]

—Related forms
dis·fran·chise·ment       [dis-fran-chahyz-muhnt, -chiz-] Pronunciation Key, noun
dis·fran·chis·er, noun
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dis·fran·chise       (dĭs-frān'chīz')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   dis·fran·chised, dis·fran·chis·ing, dis·fran·chis·es
  1. To deprive of a privilege, an immunity, or a right of citizenship, especially the right to vote; disenfranchise.
  2. To deprive (a corporation, for example) of a privilege or franchise.

dis·fran'chise'ment (-chīz'mənt, -chĭz-) n., dis·fran'chis'er n.
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disfranchisement

noun
the discontinuation of a franchise; especially the discontinuation of the right to vote 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
disfranchisement [(dis-fran-cheyez-muhnt)]

Removal of the franchise, or right to vote.


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Disfranchisement

Dis*fran"chise*ment\, n. The act of disfranchising, or the state disfranchised; deprivation of privileges of citizenship or of chartered immunities.

Sentenced first to dismission from the court, and then to disfranchisement and expulsion from the colony. --Palfrey.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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