disenfranchise
verb /ˌdɪsɪnˈfræntʃaɪz/
/ˌdɪsɪnˈfræntʃaɪz/
[often passive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they disenfranchise | /ˌdɪsɪnˈfræntʃaɪz/ /ˌdɪsɪnˈfræntʃaɪz/ |
| he / she / it disenfranchises | /ˌdɪsɪnˈfræntʃaɪzɪz/ /ˌdɪsɪnˈfræntʃaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple disenfranchised | /ˌdɪsɪnˈfræntʃaɪzd/ /ˌdɪsɪnˈfræntʃaɪzd/ |
| past participle disenfranchised | /ˌdɪsɪnˈfræntʃaɪzd/ /ˌdɪsɪnˈfræntʃaɪzd/ |
| -ing form disenfranchising | /ˌdɪsɪnˈfræntʃaɪzɪŋ/ /ˌdɪsɪnˈfræntʃaɪzɪŋ/ |
- to take away somebody’s rights, especially their right to vote
- be disenfranchised Many disabled people were effectively disenfranchised because of lack of access.
- Mr Mandela was the symbolic leader of the disenfranchised black majority.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDisenfranchise is used with these nouns as the object:- voter