reprivatize
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[edit]reprivatize (third-person singular simple present reprivatizes, present participle reprivatizing, simple past and past participle reprivatized)
- To make something private again.
- 1988 December 4, Scott Bravmann, “Lesbian/Gay Visibility (Or T-Shirt Terrorism)”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 21, page 5:
- At a time when our communities are being increasingly attacked, when sexuality is being forcefully "reprivatized" (or at least hidden from view) […]
- (economics) To privatize a company that was previously nationalized
- 2009 March 1, Tyler Cowen, “Message to Regulators: Bank Fix Needed Quickly”, in New York Times[1]:
- Many analysts cite Swedish bank nationalization, from the early 1990s, as a model, because the Swedes later reprivatized these banks and resumed economic growth.