Denationalise (Verb)
Meaning
Put under private control or ownership; "The steel industry was denationalized".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- The government announced its plans to denationalise the state-owned airlines due to poor performance.
- Several decades ago, the telecommunications industry was denationalised in a bid to boost competition and efficiency.
- It was decided that the railways would not be denationalised and would remain under state control.
- Critics of the regime accused the government of trying to denationalise the oil fields to benefit a select few.
- The central bank is working on a plan to denationalise several state-owned banks to increase their global competitiveness.