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disenfranchise definition - legal

v

To take away from an individual or group the ability to exercise a right, such as the right to vote.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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