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Verb: corporatise  'kor-p(u-)ru,tIz
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: corporatize)
  1. Convert to an independent company
    "The government decided to corporatise the postal service to improve its efficiency";
    - corporatize
     
  2. Adopt practices of a corporation, esp. to become more profit-oriented, bureaucratic and uncaring
    "Critics argued that corporatising the university would prioritize profits over education";
    - corporatize

Derived forms: corporatised, corporatises, corporatising