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• 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 .

• nationalise

• denationalize
• denationalise

News & Articles

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• Bank Meltdown Worsens
  The meltdown in the Irish banking stocks after the government nationalized Anglo Irish Bank is an extraordinary feature of the economic recession in Ireland.
  June 27, 2013 - Irish Central

Quotes

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• Ben Bernanke in Wall Street Journal
  I don't see any reason to destroy the franchise value or to create the huge legal uncertainties of trying to formally nationalize a bank when that just isn't necessary,Mr. Bernanke told the Senate Banking Committee.
• Alan Greenspan in FOXNews
  Greenspan told the Financial Times, "It may be necessary to temporarily nationalize some banks in order to facilitate a swift and orderly restructuring. I understand that once in a hundred years this is what you do."
• Dwight Duncan in Calgary Herald
  The world's changed since last year,Duncan said Thursday, when asked to explain the about face. "It's a much different world than last year. I never imagined a George Bush administration would nationalize banks. I never thought I'd see...