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

So far the New York Milk Committee has led the second school and has opposed efforts to municipalize the milk business.

From Civics and Health by Allen, William H.

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)

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

From Civics and Health by Allen, William H.

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)

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

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)

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

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

Mr. Chamberlain, however, was not long content with having municipalized the gas and water.

From A Tale of One City: the New Birmingham Papers Reprinted from the "Midland Counties Herald" by Anderton, Thomas

It shares the domestic character of its scenes with the other ducal cities, Modena, Parma, and Ferrara; and this character is, perhaps, proper to all long and intensely municipalized communities.

From Italian Journeys by Howells, William Dean

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

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

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

From Contemporary Socialism by Rae, John

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