1. Bring under Soviet control, of a country
   "The USSR sought to sovietize Eastern European countries after World War II";
   - sovietise [Brit]
    
2. Model a country's social, political, and economic structure on the Soviet Union
   "Castro sovietized Cuba";
   - sovietise [Brit]

Derived forms: sovietized, sovietizes, sovietizing

Type of: join, model, pattern

Encyclopedia: Sovietize