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Example sentences for: disenfranchised

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As a result, the English parliament enacted the Penal Laws of 1704, which disenfranchised the Catholic Irish; their purpose was to keep the majority of Irish poor and powerless.
That is, the lawyer who serves the poor and disenfranchised.
And at a time when citizens of the District of Columbia are being further disenfranchised because their elected officials are accused of being poor public servants and bad financial managers.
"With the huge number of people disenfranchised, you're really not open to all of the citizenry in making decisions," is one Alabama Democratic legislator's defense of the idea.
It gives voice to disenfranchised folks who would be ignored otherwise.