nationalize

Meanings

Verb

• put under state control or ownership
  • "Mitterand nationalized the banks"
• make national in character or scope
  • "His heroic deeds were nationalized by the press"
• To make into, or to become, a nation.
• To bring a private company, or an industry comprising such companies, under the control of a specific government.
• To bring a concept such as a political issue or commercial campaign to the attention of the entire country.
• To change from having local and regional variation to being national in character and scope.
• 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.

Synonyms

deprivatize, nationalise

Antonyms

denationalise, denationalize, privatize