privatize

privatize
/pruy"veuh tuyz'/, v.t., privatized, privatizing.
1. to transfer from public or government control or ownership to private enterprise: a campaign promise to privatize some of the public lands.
2. to make exclusive; delimit or appropriate: special-interest groups attempting to privatize social issues.
Also, esp. Brit., privatise.
[1945-50; PRIVATE + -IZE]

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