disfranchise
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Disfranchise, dis-fran′chiz, v.t. to deprive of a franchise, or of rights and privileges, esp. that of voting for a M.P.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
If another complained of their venality, we replied, "Disfranchise them or put them in jail."
From The Souls of Black Folk by Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt)
