The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word ATTAINDER
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result ATTAINDER
- Removal of rights of army trapped in a wood
- Achieve reversal of revolutionary loss of rights
- Achieve reversing revolutionary loss of rights
- Tainted rogue imprisoned by a king being deprived of rights
- Accomplish with the German’s historic loss of civil rights
- Get the German punishment for treason
- Complete lifting of revolutionary’s loss of rights
- Confusing ‘anti-trade’ Bill that could get treasonable Lords expelled
- Dear tat in crackers for what was unfair charge
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The straight part
We know that "deprived of rights" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case deprived of rights = attainder.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does ATTAINDER mean?
ATTAINDER noun- The state a prisoner enters once a death sentence (usually for treason) had been issued; the state of being stripped of all civil rights.
- A stain; a state of dishonour or condemnation.