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Verb: privatize  'prI-vu,tIz
  1. Change from governmental to private control or ownership
    "The oil industry was privatized";
    - privatise [Brit]

Derived forms: privatized, privatizes, privatizing

Type of: denationalise [Brit], denationalize

Encyclopedia: Privatize