nationalize
na shuh nuh lahyz
- v put under state control or ownership
Mitterand nationalized the banks - v make national in character or scope
His heroic deeds were nationalized by the press
- Socialist Britain will "nationalize" heavy industry in the British zone of Germany, starting with coal, steel, heavy chemical and mechanical engineering.
- This is the state of our great republic: We've nationalized the financial system , taking control from Wall Street bankers we no longer trust.
- BTW, I suspect that Reich recognizes the "hornets nest" that gets poked the minute you use "third rail" words like "nationalize", which may explain why he used "chapter 11" Its .