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denaturalized

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[dee-nach-er-uh-lahyzd] / diˈnætʃ ər əˌlaɪzd /

adjective

  1. deprived of the status and rights of citizenship after being naturalized.

  2. deprived of proper or true nature; made unnatural.


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Fewer than 150 people had been denaturalized in American courts in the previous 50 years, almost all of them Nazis, war criminals or people who were convicted of federal crimes tied to large-scale immigration fraud.

From New York Times

The anarchist Emma Goldman was denaturalized in 1909, and shipped to Revolutionary Russia a decade later.

From New York Times

A handful of others were denaturalized for being war criminals.

From New York Times

All told, the Justice Department successfully charged and denaturalized 16 former SS members who served at Trawniki.

From New York Times

Six people have been denaturalized since the fingerprint reviews began, including a New Jersey man who had immigrated from India and failed to respond to the denaturalization lawsuit filed against him.

From New York Times