reprivatize
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of reprivatize
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In West Germany, the Adenauer government is plowing ahead with its plan to "reprivatize" a $1 billion industrial empire inherited from the Nazis.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mulder points to British Steel as the poster child: nationalized by Labour in 1951, privatized by Conservatives in 1953, renationalized by Labour in 1967 and reprivatized by Thatcher in 1987.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
The sector was nationalized in 1973, and then reprivatized in 1976 after a military coup.
From Slate ● Feb. 4, 2024
The government will conclude a review this autumn into whether RBS should be split up, while Business Secretary Vince Cable told a newspaper earlier this month the bank was unlikely to be reprivatized before 2018.
From Reuters ● Aug. 30, 2013
About half of them have already demanded to be reprivatized.
From Time Magazine Archive
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