corporatize

American  

[kawr-per-uh-tahyz, -pruh-tahyz] / ˈkɔr pər əˌtaɪz, -prəˌtaɪz /

especially British, corporatise

verb (used with object)

corporatized, corporatizing

1. to develop into big business; bring under the control of a corporation.

   to corporatize baseball.

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corporatize British  

/ ˈkɔːpərətaɪz, -prə- /

verb

1. (tr) to convert (a government-controlled industry or enterprise) into an independent company

2. (intr) to be influenced by or take on the features of a large commercial business, esp in being bureaucratic and uncaring

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Other Word Forms

• corporatization noun

Etymology

Origin of corporatize

corporate + -ize

Example Sentences

To set themselves apart from unscrupulous competitors and pull in bigger hauls, some of the leading ransomware gangs began to self-regulate and corporatize their operations over the last several years.

From Slate

But for people who were smoking, and in some cases getting arrested, back during prohibition, and especially for minorities who got targeted disproportionately by police, the rush to corporatize cannabis, mostly spearheaded by rich white people in suits, can rub the wrong way.

From Slate

After the election of the African National Congress, the Republic of South Africa’s new post-apartheid ruling government began to abandon that populist idea of redistribution of all “national wealth,” deciding instead to shrink the state to ensure greater private-sector participation and to corporatize public services.

From Slate

Speaking of nostalgia, Bruce Jones got in touch to share a story about finding an Everton jersey for sale in a Nairobi street market, and to wonder whether the “uncomplicated authenticity” of fans that makes English clubs so popular might be lost in the rush to corporatize and sanitize soccer, if it might lose its identity in its attempt to mass-market its appeal.

From New York Times

Don’t let them corporatize Medicare.

From Salon