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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. change from governmental to private control or ownership;
- Example: "The oil industry was privatized"
[syn: privatize, privatise]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

privatize
    v 1: change from governmental to private control or ownership;
         "The oil industry was privatized" [syn: privatize,
         privatise]