Privatise

Origin

private + -ise

Full definition of privatise

Verb

1. (chiefly British spelling) Alternative spelling of privatize
• 2013-05-17, George Monbiot, Money just makes the rich suffer, In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. …  The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra-wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised.

Synonyms

• denationalise

Antonyms

• nationalise