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disfranchise

verb

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Wiktionary

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English franchise English disfranchise From dis- + franchise.

  1. To deprive someone of some privilege, especially the right to vote; to disenfranchise.

    Jewish culture, the product of a small, oppressed, and disfranchised dwindling and scattered minority.