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Adjective: disenfranchised  `dis-en'fran-chIzd
  1. Deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote
    "labour was disenfranchised"
    - disfranchised, voiceless, voteless
Verb: disenfranchise  `dis-en'fran-chIz
  1. Deprive of voting rights
    "There have been attempts to disenfranchise the company"
    - disfranchise

See also: disenfranchisement

Type of: deprive

Antonym: enfranchise, enfranchised

Encyclopedia: Disenfranchise

Disenfranchised