nationalize
1. put under state control or ownership (Freq. 2) - Mitterand nationalized the banks • Syn: nationalise • Ant: denationalise (for: nationalise), denationalize • Derivationally related forms: nationalisation (for: nationalise), nationalization • Hypernyms: change, alter, modify • Hyponyms: communize, communise • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something 2. make national in character or scope - His heroic deeds were nationalized by the press • Syn: nationalise • Derivationally related forms: nationalisation (for: nationalise), nationalization • Hypernyms: change, alter, modify • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Something ----s something
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