nationalise

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nationalise - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  nationalise
      v 1: make national in character or scope; "His heroic deeds were
           nationalized by the press" [syn: nationalize,
           nationalise]
      2: put under state control or ownership; "Mitterand nationalized
         the banks" [syn: nationalize, nationalise] [ant:
         denationalise, denationalize]