municipalize

American  

[myoo-nis-uh-puh-lahyz] / mjuˈnɪs 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

See Examples For:

municipalize municipalized municipalizing

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

From Washington Post ● May 14, 2018

The more we are disposed to municipalize, the more incumbent it is upon us to search out, study, and invent, and to work to develop the most efficient public bodies possible.

From Mankind in the Making by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

Will it need to municipalize him in order to protect itself?

From Civics and Health by Allen, William H.

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.

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

The water and gas supply was municipalized, and in 1900 the University of Birmingham was founded by Joseph Chamberlain who had long since become a power in the House of Commons.

From Time Magazine Archive

Gas, electric lights, and street railroads should be municipalized.

From The Arena Volume 4, No. 24, November, 1891 by Flower, B. O. (Benjamin Orange)

Let us assume that the railways, mines, and the leading "trusts" are nationalized, public utilities municipalized, and the national and local governments busily engaged on canals, roads, forests, deserts, and swamps.

From Socialism As It Is A Survey of The World-Wide Revolutionary Movement by Walling, William English

Perhaps the most interesting proof that bowls is a true Volksspiel is to be found in the fact that it has become municipalized.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various

After the civil wars the old hospital foundations of St Bartholomew and St Thomas, municipalized by Edward VI., became endowed charities partly supported by voluntary contributions.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" by Various

I would guess that 80% of people who have lived in the city since the 80s would be in favor of just municipalizing all the land.

From Economist ● Aug. 30, 2013

The Broussists, on the other hand, believe in decentralization, and would prefer municipalizing industries to nationalizing them.

From Contemporary Socialism by Rae, John

He observes that the State is gradually taking over all the great public utilities and that cities and towns are increasingly municipalizing public services.

From Violence and the Labor Movement by Hunter, Robert

Perhaps Glasgow and Birmingham have gone further in municipalizing monopolies than Londoners have, but the vastness of the scale on which London moves makes it more interesting.

From An Autobiography by Spence, Catherine Helen