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nationalize definition - telecom
To transfer ownership of a commercial enterprise from private interests to the government. Also known as legalized theft of private property. See also privatize.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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