• (v. t.) 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. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/disfranchise/
Dis·fran'chise transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Disfranchised ; present participle & verbal noun Disfranchising .] [ Confer Diffranchise .] To deprive of a franchise or chartered right; to dispossess of the rights of a... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/83