locarnize
locarnize verb: to corrupt a peace agreement or treaty to favor one side.
Verb (1)
locarnize (third-person singular simple present locarnizes, present participle locarnizing, simple past and past participle locarnized)
- To corrupt a peace agreement or treaty to favor one side.
- And when these promises have been unmistakably fulfilled, even Poincare will not hesitate to reduce the troops of occupation and to consent to complete evacuation at an early date, as well as to Locarnizing all the French policies.1927 June 26, “Poincare finds ally in Harden in speech row”, in The Billings Gazette, page 2
- While the French emissary fastidiously avoided evoking the 1925 negotiations, given the Marshal's vehemently negative sentiments on the subject, Pilsudski promptly saw through the French move to 'locarnize' the treaty.2002, Nicole Jordan, The Popular Front and Central Europe: The Dilemmas of French Impotence 1918–1940, page 16
Verb (2) capitalized: Locarnize
Locarnize (third-person singular simple present Locarnizes, present participle Locarnizing, simple past and past participle Locarnized)
- Alternative form of locarnize.
Forms of locarnize
| third-person singular present | locarnizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | locarnizing |
| past participle | locarnized |
| past | locarnized |
| alternative form | locarnise |
| alternative form | Locarnize |
| alternative form | Locarnise |
| third-person singular present | Locarnizes |
| present participle | Locarnizing |
| past participle | Locarnized |
| past | Locarnized |
Origin of locarnize
Attested since at least the 1925, from Locarno + -ize. Named after the site of a 1925 treaty in the Swiss town.
Questions about locarnize
- What does locarnize mean?
- Locarnize means to corrupt a peace agreement or treaty to favor one side.
- What part of speech is locarnize?
- Locarnize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of locarnize?
- The past tense of locarnize is locarnized.
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