Privatise
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of privatize. UK, alt-of, nonstandard
"In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […] The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra-wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised."
- 2 change from governmental to private control or ownership wordnet
Example
More examples"In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […] The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra-wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised."
Etymology
From private + -ise.