Disfranchise /(?)/

Dis·fran·chise

Disfranchise

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Disfranchised; p. pr. & vb. n. Disfranchising

  1. To deprive of a franchise or chartered right; to dispossess of the rights of a citizen, or of a particular privilege, as of voting, holding office, etc.
    Sir William Fitzwilliam was disfranchised.
    — Fabyan (1509).
    He was partially disfranchised so as to be made incapable of taking part in public affairs.