monopolize

[ muh-nop-uh-lahyz ]

verb (used with object)

, mo·nop·o·lized, mo·nop·o·liz·ing.

1. to acquire, have, or exercise a monopoly of.
2. to obtain exclusive possession of; keep entirely to oneself:

   Children monopolize one's time.

monopolize

/ məˈnɒpəˌlaɪz /

verb

1. to have, control, or make use of fully, excluding others
2. to obtain, maintain, or exploit a monopoly of (a market, commodity, etc)

Derived Forms

• moˌnopoliˈzation, noun
• moˈnopoˌlizer, noun

Other Words From

• mo·nopo·li·zation noun
• mo·nopo·lizer noun
• anti·mo·nopo·li·zation adjective
• over·mo·nopo·lize verb (used with object) overmonopolized overmonopolizing
• premo·nopo·lize verb (used with object) premonopolized premonopolizing
• unmo·nopo·lized adjective
• unmo·nopo·lizing adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of monopolize¹

First recorded in 1605–15; monopol(y) + -ize

Example Sentences

The company behind Cydia, an iPhone app store that launched before Apple's own App Store, has sued Apple arguing that Apple has monopolized the market for iOS app stores, violating antitrust law in the process.

From Ars Technica

It simply makes it illegal to monopolize or attempt to monopolize “any part of the trade or commerce” between the states or with foreign countries.

From Fortune

Antitrust experts reviewing the complaints seized on familiar issues that have bedeviled antitrust scrutiny of technology companies for years, starting with the uncertainty over what market, exactly, Facebook is monopolizing.

From Washington Post

Google has also monopolized online search advertisements, according to the lawsuit.

From MIT Technology Review

That’s the result of two generations of letting monopolists monopolize.

From Singularity Hub 

“This pyramid monster hotel will monopolize all the business in the city,” CEO Reto Wittwer said.

From The Daily Beast

So the only way to survive is to monopolize more of the market and up-sell subscribers just as Comcast-Time Warner Cable will do.

From The Daily Beast

Should you give up in despair that this is one more thing the rich have managed to monopolize?

From The Daily Beast

Yet no one has ever been able to monopolize any of the innovations that have periodically roiled the game.

From The Daily Beast

Foremost among them is the Chinese communist oligarchy, with its determination to monopolize political power in China.

From The Daily Beast

He was very attentive to both girls, neither of whom showed any desire to monopolize his society.

From Project Gutenberg

It is the mission of art to add to its stores, without hoping to monopolize the whole realm.

From Project Gutenberg

The aristocracy of office endeavours to monopolize the State-machine.

From Project Gutenberg

Harry did not monopolize the Tristram blood or the Tristram pride.

From Project Gutenberg

Angels and blessed spirits shall not monopolize the strain of gratitude and acknowledgment.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• absorb
• exclude
• possess
• take over
• utilize