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monopolise

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Verb1.monopolise - have and control fully and exclusively; "He monopolizes the laser printer"
monopolize
control, command - exercise authoritative control or power over; "control the budget"; "Command the military forces"
2.monopolise - have or exploit a monopoly of; "OPEC wants to monopolize oil"
monopolize
have, have got, hold - have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense; "She has $1,000 in the bank"; "He has got two beautiful daughters"; "She holds a Master's degree from Harvard"


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It indeed is, as we have said, generally gainful for a person to contrive to make a monopoly of anything; for which reason some cities also take this method when they want money, and monopolise their commodities.
A Treatise on Government by Aristotle View in context
Meanwhile I spent as much time as I decently could at her side; but it was impossible to monopolise her, and the rest of my time there was no difficulty in filling up, you may be sure, in so gay a place.
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
I know no station which has a right to monopolise the means of mutual instruction, improvement, and rational entertainment; or which has ever continued to be a station very long, after seeking to do so.
American Notes for General Circulation by Dickens, Charles View in context
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