privatize
verb (used with object)
to transfer from public or government control or ownership to private enterprise.
privatized
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past participleof privatize.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof privatize.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
privatizeverb (used with object)to transfer from public or government control or ownership to private enterprise.
Example Sentences
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“I call this the social welfare state of two. We’ve privatized dependency within marriage.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2026
But across the island, small-scale farmers and cooperatives already operate as private entrepreneurs, growing food, managing their own production and selling to local markets, most of which have been privatized.
From Salon ● Apr. 11, 2026
YPF is an emblematic Argentine company founded in the early 20th century as a state-owned entity but it was privatized in 1993 and eventually came under the control of Repsol.
From Barron's ● Mar. 27, 2026
EBRI’s estimates for people enrolled in privatized Medicare Advantage are significantly lower, because it assumes they will be able to take advantage of the program’s lower, or even nonexistent, premiums.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 5, 2026
These woolen factories became major employers of people whose families had been displaced when land was privatized.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
