disfranchise
disfranchise — verb
- disfranchisepresent simple I / you / we / they
- disfranchises3rd person singular
- disfranchising-ing form
- disfranchisedpast simple
1. to officially take away a person's or group's right to vote in elections, or to
to officially take away a person's or group's right to vote in elections, or to remove a legal privilege or entitlement that they previously had.
The new voting law would disfranchise thousands of elderly residents in remote mountain villages.
passive construction: be disfranchised by [law]
After the corruption investigation, the committee voted to disfranchise Emre from the medical association.
disfranchise + from [institution/body]
The military government disfranchised all opposition parties just weeks before the national election.
Throughout the nineteenth century, several states used property requirements to disfranchise working-class voters.
- disenfranchise
more common spelling; identical meaning
- deprive
broader in scope; requires 'of' (deprive of rights) and does not specify legal context
- strip
more informal and emphatic; often used in figurative sense
- enfranchise
to grant voting rights or citizenship
- empower
to give someone the authority or power to do something
文法句型
disfranchise + object (person or group)
用法筆記
Variant spelling of 'disenfranchise'; both forms are used interchangeably, although 'disenfranchise' is more common in modern English. This sense takes a person, group, or institution as its direct object and is frequently found in legal, political, and historical contexts.