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naturalize

verb as in confer citizenship upon

verb as in habituate

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Why should Democrats have assumed that newly naturalized citizens would be progressive, rather than importing, out of pure habit, the machismo and caudillismo of Guatemala or Honduras, or the authoritarianism of South Asia?

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That same night, the feds raided the place, and subpoenaed its owner, a German-born naturalized citizen, and three employees.

His mother told the paper that she and her husband entered the U.S. on business visas in the 1980s but by the time they became naturalized citizens, Kim was too old to get automatic citizenship.

The same has been true for Mirtha, a naturalized citizen who lives in Maywood with her husband, whose immigration status is uncertain, and their five U.S.-born children.

Next, the citizenship of naturalized citizens who are deemed to be the enemy, the Other, will likely be taken away.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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