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Baitball Blogger

(46,709 posts) Sun Mar 9, 2014, 08:38 PM Mar 2014

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disenfranchised--can it be used as a term that means the deprivation of property rights?

The definition seems iffy. I know it is especially used in relationship to voting. I just don't know if it can be used in a broader sense.

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disenfranchised--can it be used as a term that means the deprivation of property rights? (Original Post) Baitball Blogger Mar 2014 OP

According to dictionary.com Tobin S. Mar 2014 #1

Thanks Tobin. Baitball Blogger Mar 2014 #2

Tobin S.

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1. According to dictionary.com

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Sun Mar 9, 2014, 08:49 PM

Mar 2014

the word can be used to describe denying a person any franchise or right.

Baitball Blogger

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2. Thanks Tobin.

Reply to Tobin S. (Reply #1)

Sun Mar 9, 2014, 09:01 PM

Mar 2014

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