Sentence example with the word 'disenfranchise'

disenfranchise

deprive of freedom, dominate, enthrall, hold down, hold in captivity, hold in subjection, keep under, make dependent, subject, subordinate, vassalize

Definition v. deprive of voting rights

Last update: October 4, 2015


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And as we have already noted, the great mass of voters in Italy were also disenfranchised by distance.   [Please select]

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Aristotle, who would have enjoyed the electoral methods of our modern democracies keenly, points out very subtly how the outlying farmer class of citizens in a democracy can be virtually disenfranchised by calling the popular assembly too frequently for their regular attendance.   [Please select]

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If, when the test comes, it is found that the votes of these disaffected citizens count for something in our elections, we must find some means to disenfranchise them rather than have our low politicians outbidding each other within the law in order to get these votes.   [Please select]

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