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communize
com·mu·nize [ kómmyə nz ] (past and past participle com·mu·nized, present participle com·mu·niz·ing, 3rd person present singular com·mu·niz·es)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. make publicly owned: to transfer something such as land or property from private to public ownership
2. run on communist principles: to apply communist principles of organization to a government or people
[Late 19th century. < Latin communis "common"]

com·mu·ni·za·tion [ kòmmyəni záysh'n ] noun
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