nationalise

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	nationalise - make national in character or scope; "His heroic deeds were nationalized by the press" nationalize 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.	nationalise - put under state control or ownership; "Mitterand nationalized the banks" nationalize 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" communise, communize - make into property owned by the state; "The new government communized all banks" denationalise, denationalize - put under private control or ownership; "The steel industry was denationalized"