| privatise 
 
 change from governmental to private control or ownership
 - The oil industry was privatized
 • Syn:
 privatize
 • Derivationally related forms:
 privatisation, privatization (for: privatize)
 • Topics:
 industry, manufacture, commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business
 • Hypernyms:
 denationalize, denationalise
 • Verb Frames:
 - Somebody ----s something
 
 
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