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  • adjective deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote. Opposite of enfranchised.

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of disfranchise.

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  • adjective deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote

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  • deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote. Opposite of enfranchised.

    August 28, 2013