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All disenfranchise synonyms

dis·en·fran·chise
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verb disenfranchise

  • incarcerate — to imprison; confine.
  • suppress — to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
  • deprive — If you deprive someone of something that they want or need, you take it away from them, or you prevent them from having it.
  • coerce — If you coerce someone into doing something, you make them do it, although they do not want to.
  • shackle — a ring or other fastening, as of iron, for securing the wrist, ankle, etc.; fetter.
  • imprison — to confine in or as if in a prison.
  • subjugate — to bring under complete control or subjection; conquer; master.
  • oppress — to burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power: a people oppressed by totalitarianism.
  • fetter — a chain or shackle placed on the feet.
  • secure — free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
  • subdue — to conquer and bring into subjection: Rome subdued Gaul.
  • reduce — to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.: to reduce one's weight by 10 pounds.
  • restrict — to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.
  • circumscribe — If someone's power or freedom is circumscribed, it is limited or restricted.
  • tether — a rope, chain, or the like, by which an animal is fastened to a fixed object so as to limit its range of movement.
  • check — Check is also a noun.
  • subject — that which forms a basic matter of thought, discussion, investigation, etc.: a subject of conversation.
  • capture — If you capture someone or something, you catch them, especially in a war.
  • chain — A chain consists of metal rings connected together in a line.
  • compel — If a situation, a rule, or a person compels you to do something, they force you to do it.
  • restrain — to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
  • tie — to bind, fasten, or attach with a cord, string, or the like, drawn together and knotted: to tie a tin can on a dog's tail.
  • dominate — to rule over; govern; control.
  • indenture — a deed or agreement executed in two or more copies with edges correspondingly indented as a means of identification.
  • yoke — a device for joining together a pair of draft animals, especially oxen, usually consisting of a crosspiece with two bow-shaped pieces, each enclosing the head of an animal. Compare harness (def 1).
  • hobble — to walk lamely; limp.
  • hold — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
  • confine — To confine something to a particular place or group means to prevent it from spreading beyond that place or group.
  • bind — If something binds people together, it makes them feel as if they are all part of the same group or have something in common.
  • immure — to enclose within walls.
  • jail — a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
  • disfranchise — to deprive (a person) of a right of citizenship, as of the right to vote.
  • shut in — closed; fastened up: a shut door.
  • marginalise — to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
  • marginalize — to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
  • alienate — If you alienate someone, you make them become unfriendly or unsympathetic towards you.
  • disqualify — to deprive of qualification or fitness; render unfit; incapacitate.
  • cheque — A cheque is a printed form on which you write an amount of money and who it is to be paid to. Your bank then pays the money to that person from your account.
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