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nationalize

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Verb (transitive)
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na=tion=al=ize

CIDE DICTIONARY

nationalizev. t. [Cf. F. nationaliser.].
  •  To make national; to make a nation of; to endow with the character and habits of a nation, or the peculiar sentiments and attachment of citizens of a nation.  [1913 Webster]
  •  To change ownership of (a business, a property) from private ownership to state ownership or control; as, to nationalize the steel industry.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

nationalize, v.tr. (also -ise)
1 take over (railways, coal-mines, the steel industry, land, etc.) from private ownership on behalf of the State.
2 a make national. b make into a nation.
3 naturalize (a foreigner).

Derivative
nationalization n. nationalizer n.
Etymology
F nationaliser (as NATIONAL)

THESAURUS

nationalize

annex, attach, collectivize, commandeer, communalize, communize, confiscate, democratize, distrain, expropriate, garnish, impound, impress, levy, politicize, press, replevin, replevy, republicanize, sequester, sequestrate, socialize

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