How do you use Disfranchise in a sentence? See 5 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like disenfranchise or deprive, plus the exact meaning.
Disfranchise meaning
To deprive someone of some privilege, especially the right to vote; to disenfranchise.
Synonyms of Disfranchise
Using Disfranchise
- The main meaning on this page is: To deprive someone of some privilege, especially the right to vote; to disenfranchise.
- Useful related words include: disenfranchise, deprive, enfranchise.
- In the example corpus, disfranchise often appears in combinations such as: to disfranchise.
Context around Disfranchise
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Disfranchise
- In this selection, "disfranchise" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, former, black and illiterate stand out and add context to how "disfranchise" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include could also disfranchise former confederates and designed to disfranchise black voters. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "disfranchise" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with disfranchise
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Additionally, if they could also disfranchise former Confederates, the ex-slave vote could become the region’s majority. (18 words)
He believed that he would not succeed in passing legislation to disfranchise illiterate whites who already had the vote. (19 words)
They enforced this by a combination of violence, late 19th-century laws imposing segregation and a concerted effort to disfranchise African Americans. (22 words)
Beginning in the 1940s, when the courts started taking the first steps to recognize the voting rights of black voters, the Alabama legislature took several counter -steps designed to disfranchise black voters. (32 words)
In the border states and North, blacks continued to exercise the vote; the well-established Maryland African-American community defeated attempts there to disfranchise them. (25 words)
They enforced this by a combination of violence, late 19th-century laws imposing segregation and a concerted effort to disfranchise African Americans. (22 words)
Example sentences (5)
Additionally, if they could also disfranchise former Confederates, the ex-slave vote could become the region’s majority.
Beginning in the 1940s, when the courts started taking the first steps to recognize the voting rights of black voters, the Alabama legislature took several counter -steps designed to disfranchise black voters.
He believed that he would not succeed in passing legislation to disfranchise illiterate whites who already had the vote.
In the border states and North, blacks continued to exercise the vote; the well-established Maryland African-American community defeated attempts there to disfranchise them.
They enforced this by a combination of violence, late 19th-century laws imposing segregation and a concerted effort to disfranchise African Americans.
Common combinations with disfranchise
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to disfranchise 4×