nationalize
verb
1 nationalize
Put under state control or ownership:
— Mitterand nationalized the banks.
synonym: nationalise.
2 nationalize
Make national in character or scope:
— His heroic deeds were nationalized by the press.
synonym: nationalise.
Moby thesaurus: annex, attach, collectivize, commandeer, communalize, communize, confiscate, democratize, distrain, expropriate, garnish, impound, impress, levy, politicize, press, replevin, replevy, republicanize, sequester ... show more.
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