monopolize
verb/məˈnɒpəlʌɪz/
Etymology From monopoly + -ize.
1
To have a monopoly on something.
2
To dominate or to get total control of something by excluding everyone else.
- Teachers try not to let any one student monopolize a class discussion.
- "Now, Mr. Malone, I have given you rather more of my time than I had intended. The individual must not monopolize what is meant for the world."1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
- Derived terms
- demonopolize, monopolist, monopolistic, monopolization, monopolizer, unmonopolize