nationalize

na·tion·al·ize  (nsh-n-lz, nshn-)

tr.v. na·tion·al·ized, na·tion·al·iz·ing, na·tion·al·iz·es

1. To convert from private to governmental ownership and control: nationalize the steel industry.

2.

a. To make national in character, scope, or notoriety: "His high profile on such issues as abortion . . . has already begun to nationalize his image" Kenneth L. Woodward.

b. To render distinctively national: characteristics and issues that have tended to nationalize American political life.

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nation·al·i·zation (-l-zshn) n.

nation·al·izer n.

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nationalize or -ise

Verb

[-izing, -ized] or -ising, -ised to put (an industry or a company) under state control

nationalization
-isation n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	nationalize - put under state control or ownership; "Mitterand nationalized the banks" nationalise 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"
	2.	nationalize - make national in character or scope; "His heroic deeds were nationalized by the press" nationalise 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"

Translations

nationalize [ˈnæʃnəlaɪz] vt → nacionalizar;

nationalized industry → industria nacionalizada

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nationalize [ˈnæʃnəlaɪz] national vt → nationaliser

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nationalize [ˈnæʃnəlaɪz] national vt → verstaatlichen

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nationalize [ˈnæʃnəlaɪz] vt → nazionalizzare