nationalize
verb (used with object)
to bring under the ownership or control of a nation, as industries and land.
had nationalized
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past perfectof nationalize.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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This was done primarily to restore control of Iranian oil fields, which Mossadegh’s government had nationalized, to British energy companies.
From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2026
The coup, carried out by allied members of its military and security forces, came after then-Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh had nationalized the country’s oil industry.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 24, 2023
It is struggling to meet more than $1 billion in payments due in the next couple of months on its bonds and other obligations, including compensation for property it had nationalized.
From New York Times ● Oct. 1, 2018
The regime was awash in money; a previous government had nationalized the oil industry and renegotiated its relationships to the Western companies that had once controlled it.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 25, 2016
The Church had held it fallow. 302Then the Republic had nationalized it; and the Empire was selling it to the Americans at $1.25 an acre.
From The Missourian by Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle
