disfranchised

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> disenfranchised peopleIt doesn't have anything to do with "disfranchised people".

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deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote; "labor was voiceless"; "disenfrenchised masses took to the streets"

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adjective

deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote; "labor was voiceless"; "disenfrenchised masses took to the streets"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for disfranchised.

adjective

deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote; "labor was voiceless"; "disenfrenchised masses took to the streets"

See also: disenfranchised, voiceless, voteless

Example sentences

> disenfranchised peopleIt doesn't have anything to do with "disfranchised people".

[0]People are still actively disfranchised from participating in the democratic process, having their right to vote taken from them over a criminal history.

In the early 20th century, the legislature passed bills to impose poll taxes, followed by white primaries; these measures effectively disfranchised most blacks, poor whites and Mexican Americans.

I totally agree with you on this and your previous comment to me that right wingers are giving libertarianism a bad name by appropriating it to advance their agenda of screwing poor and other disfranchised groups while enriching their donors and paymasters.