chinafy
transitive verb,
often capitalized
chi·na·fy
\ˈchīnəˌfī\
Definition of chinafy
-ed/-ing/-es
: to reduce (as a country) to a state of passivity and helplessness
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Origin and Etymology of chinafy
China (country) + English -fy; from the political impotence of China in 1915, when it was coined
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