verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To strip the privacy from; to make public. transitive
2. 2
   To transfer from the private sector to the public sector. transitive

Synonyms

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municipalize waternationalize

Antonyms

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most governmentally controlledprivatize

Etymology

From de- + privatize.