disfranchised

IPA: dɪsfrˈæntʃaɪzd

adjective

  • deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote
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Examples of "disfranchised" in Sentences

  • The authority disfranchised the community.
  • They should not have disfranchised the group.
  • The men disfranchised the rights of the people.
  • The state disfranchised the rights of the citizens.
  • The men forcefully disfranchised the right of the woman.
  • Further than this, it is argued that many of the disfranchised people recognize these facts.
  • "disfranchised," and found ourselves quartered on the enemy the next morning as the sun rose in all its resplendent glory.
  • Florida has one of the strictest in the nation, and is home to one-fifth of the 5.3 million Americans disfranchised across the country.
  • It's so nice to see the hate and disfranchised exude from the greedy people who finally feel the insecurities and hopelessness of my ancestors.
  • This is the real reason Cameron is against AV, as a fairer voting system would end the two-party system we have, giving a voice to many disfranchised voters.
  • Page 31 disfranchised, which is a practical satire on the universal suffrage dogma to which the American negro and his particular friends have ever been so especially devoted.
  • It means few MPs enjoy support from a majority of their constituents; elections are decided by swing voters in a few marginal constituencies; and the majority of voters feel disfranchised, especially in safe seats.
  • Any member of a corporation may be disfranchised, that is, he may lose his membership in the corporation by acting in such manner as to forfeit his rights under a provision of the by-laws; or he may resign from the corporation by his own voluntary act.
  • After a dozen years of halfhearted efforts to achieve political and social reform, leaders north and south agreed to end reconstruction, returning the heirs of the southern aristocracy to power and leaving African Americans disfranchised, destitute, and more racially segregated than they had been before the war.

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