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corporatize

[ kawr-per-uh-tahyz, -pruh-tahyz ]

verb (used with object)

, cor·po·ra·tized, cor·po·ra·tiz·ing.
  1. to develop into big business; bring under the control of a corporation:

    to corporatize baseball.



corporatize

/ -prə-; ˈkɔːpərətaɪz /

verb

  1. tr to convert (a government-controlled industry or enterprise) into an independent company
  2. intr to be influenced by or take on the features of a large commercial business, esp in being bureaucratic and uncaring


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  • corpo·ra·ti·zation noun

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Example Sentences

Right now these communities have been taken over and corporatized in certain ways.

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