To strip someone of citizenship or to remove someone's status as a citizen.
From de- (remove/reverse) + citizenize (to make a citizen). This uncommon word developed to describe the legal process of denying or revoking citizenship.
Governments have used denaturalization to decitizenize people throughout history—Nazi Germany did this to Jewish citizens before persecution, a chilling reminder of how documentation matters for protection!
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