privatize
[prahy-vuh-tahyz]
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verb (used with object), pri·va·tized, pri·va·tiz·ing.
to transfer from public or government control or ownership to private enterprise: a campaign promise to privatize some of the public lands.
to make exclusive; delimit or appropriate: special-interest groups attempting to privatize social issues.
Also especially British, pri·va·tise.
Origin of privatize
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They want to take control of New York City schools away from Mayor Bill de Blasio and let privatization run rampant.
And who knows, maybe one of these Republicans, confronted with evidence of their privatization enthusiasm, will commit one.
The Bush privatization failure was devastating not only to his standing as president but as head of his own party.
An accelerated process of ‘privatization’ of family life is currently taking place.
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November 8, 2013
Ravitch, author of the new book Reign of Error, talks to Lauren Streib about how reform has become a cover for privatization.
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