nationalize
1. [ verb ] (politics) put under state control or ownership
Synonyms: nationalise
Examples:

"Mitterand nationalized the banks"

Related terms: denationalize change communize nationalization
2. [ verb ] make national in character or scope
Synonyms: nationalise
Examples:

"His heroic deeds were nationalized by the press"

Related terms: change nationalisation
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  nationality
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  nationalism
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  national_park
  national_flag
  national_bank
  national_trust
  National_Guard
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