municipalize

American  

[myoo-nis-uh-puh-lahyz] / myuˈnɪs ə pəˌlaɪz /

especially British, municipalise

verb (used with object)

municipalized, municipalizing

1. to make a municipality of.

2. to bring under municipal ownership or control.

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municipalize British  

/ mjuːˈnɪsɪpəˌlaɪz /

verb

1. to bring under municipal ownership or control

2. to make a municipality of

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Other Word Forms

• municipalization noun
• unmunicipalized adjective

Etymology

Origin of municipalize

First recorded in 1875–80; municipal + -ize

Example Sentences

Circulator drivers are trying to convince the District to municipalize the bus system.

From Washington Post • May 14, 2018

He, strange to relate, has come rather to admire Cowperwood and sees no advantage in a policy that can only tend to municipalize local lines.

From The Titan by Dreiser, Theodore

Here was a premature attempt to municipalize the Briton, which outstripped the readiness of the Briton to be municipalized.

From Ancient Town-Planning by Haverfield, F. (Francis)

Even if we "municipalize" all sorts of undertakings we shall not alter the essential facts, we shall only substitute for the shareholder the corporation stockholder.

From Anticipations Of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human life and Thought by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

Unless physicians test themselves and their profession by results, we shall be compelled to "municipalize the medical man."

From Civics and Health by Allen, William H.