communize (redirected from communizing)

com·mu·nize  (kmy-nz)

tr.v. com·mu·nized, com·mu·niz·ing, com·mu·niz·es

1. To subject to public ownership or control.

2. To convert to Communist principles or control.

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commu·ni·zation (-n-zshn) n.

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	communize - make Communist or bring in accord with Communist principles; "communize the government" bolshevise, bolshevize, communise alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
	2.	communize - make into property owned by the state; "The new government communized all banks" communise nationalize, nationalise - put under state control or ownership; "Mitterand nationalized the banks"