[ verb ] deprive of voting rights <verb.social>disfranchise
Disenfranchise \Dis`en*fran"chise\, v. t. To disfranchise; to deprive of the rights of a citizen. -- {Dis`en*fran"chise*ment}, n.
As a result, the court found an overriding public interest in contingency-fee restrictions; the court also found no evidence that limits on fees would disenfranchise potential litigants.
The best evidence of a lack of serious concern for shareholder democracy is that liability statutes have been accompanied in many states by management pleas for direct takeover protections that effectively disenfranchise stockholders.
"We were buyers without Compaq and, if Compaq decided to disenfranchise us again, we would still be a buyer." Mr. Kaufman says he's betting on Businessland because of its efforts to expand its service and support network internationally.