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disenfranchise

British pronunciation/dˌɪsɛnfɹˈɑːnt‍ʃa‍ɪz/
American pronunciation/dɪsɪnˈfɹænˌtʃaɪz/
to disenfranchise
[VERB]
MAIN VERB
1

deprive of voting rights

synonyms : disfranchise
antonyms : enfranchise
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1Then, for around 100 years, the Jim Crow segregation laws disenfranchised the black community.
2JERRY KAMMER, Center for Immigration Studies: They are disenfranchising young American workers who need these jobs.
3And basically, they were disenfranchised until the Civil Rights Act of 1960.
4If you look at Napster and of course other competitors that followed, it really disenfranchised the industry.
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