communalise

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com⋅mu⋅nal⋅ize

[kuh-myoon-l-ahyz, kom-yuh-nl-]

–verb (used with object), -ized, -iz⋅ing.

to make communal; to make (land, a business, etc.) the property of the community: The town communalized the estate for a public park.

Also, especially British, com⋅mu⋅nal⋅ise.

Origin:
1880–85; communal + -ize

Related forms:

com⋅mu⋅nal⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun

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