decitizenize

English

Etymology

de- +‎ citizen +‎ -ize

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /diːˈsɪtɪzənaɪz/

Verb

decitizenize (third-person singular simple present decitizenizes, present participle decitizenizing, simple past and past participle decitizenized)

1. (transitive) To strip of citizenship.
   • 1863, Edward Bates, On Citizenship:

     We have no law — as the French have — to decitizenize a citizen.

References

• “decitizenize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.