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deprivatize

deprivatize verb: to strip the privacy from; to make public.

Verb

deprivatize (third-person singular simple present deprivatizes, present participle deprivatizing, simple past and past participle deprivatized)

  1. (transitive) To strip the privacy from; to make public.
  2. (transitive) To transfer from the private sector to the public sector.

Synonyms of deprivatize

Forms of deprivatize

third-person singular presentdeprivatizes
present participledeprivatizing
past participledeprivatized
pastdeprivatized

Origin of deprivatize

From de- + privatize.

Questions about deprivatize

What does deprivatize mean?
Deprivatize means to strip the privacy from; to make public.
What part of speech is deprivatize?
Deprivatize is a verb.
What is the past tense of deprivatize?
The past tense of deprivatize is deprivatized.

Words near deprivatize in the dictionary

  1. deprivational
  2. deprivations
  3. deprivative
  4. deprivatization
  5. deprivatizations
  6. deprivatize
  7. deprivatized
  8. deprivatizes
  9. deprivatizing
  10. deprive
  11. deprived

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