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denaturalization

American  
[dee-nach-er-uhl-uhz-ay-shuhn, -ahyz-ay-shuhn] / diˌnætʃ ər əl əzˈeɪ ʃən, -aɪzˈeɪ ʃən /

noun

  • denaturalizations
    plural
  1. the act or process of denaturalizing, especially the revocation of citizenship for naturalized citizens.


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The Justice Department’s announcement came with a brag: They are “pursuing the highest volume of denaturalization referrals in history.”

From Salon Apr. 26, 2026

The Court was clear: Except in very rare cases, denaturalization and expatriation were taken off the table.

From Salon Apr. 26, 2026

Yet, as concerning as these developments are, actually going through with a denaturalization is a complicated and legally fraught process.

From Slate Jul. 11, 2025

Being the subject of a federal civil or criminal denaturalization process in federal district court and up through whatever appeals level is inherently incredibly destabilizing, disorienting, and often expensive, even if you win.

From Slate Jul. 11, 2025

There is a breath of poetry over the picture, but no denaturalization of the uncultured types.

From Famous Women: George Sand by Bertha Thomas

Intellectual justice revolts from the rhetorical strainings, exaggerations, and denaturalizations of facts which the Partisan continually employs, but which the Philosopher and Historian must alike reject.

From A Trip to Cuba by Julia Ward Howe

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