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