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corporatize

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corporatize, corporatise [ˈkɔːpərətaɪz -prə-]
vb
1. (Business / Commerce) (tr) to convert (a government-controlled industry or enterprise) into an independent company
2. (intr) to be influenced by or take on the features of a large commercial business, esp in being bureaucratic and uncaring


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Another good reason: one could make the compelling argument that copywriting of intellectual property is an early sign of the apocalypse, because it corporatizes communality.
Spokesman Ben LaBolt noted that Obama supports having the Food and Drug Administration regulate marijuana for medical use — a bad idea and a surefire way to bureaucratize and corporatize what has been a grassroots enterprise.
Helen Owens, "Rail Reform: Privatize, Corporatize, Franchise, or Contracts - The Australian Experience"
 
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