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