disenfranchise

Example Sentences

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Voting rights advocates warned the move could disenfranchise eligible voters.

From Salon

Now, she wants people, "especially young women", to know that when you feel "disenfranchised and powerless, there is real power in learning how to ask questions".

From BBC

The abrupt shift left Harvey resentful and disenfranchised.

From Los Angeles Times

Her first album Horses was for the disenfranchised and the shunned.

From BBC

Some voters in Zanzibar felt disenfranchised and said they would "leave that section blank" on the presidential ballot.

From Barron's