nationalize /(?)/

na·tion·al·ize

nationalize

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Nationalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Nationalizing

  1. To make national; to make a nation of; to endow with the character and habits of a nation, or the peculiar sentiments and attachment of citizens of a nation.
  2. To change ownership of (a business, a property) from private ownership to state ownership or control; as, to nationalize the steel industry.