reprivatize
verb
re·pri·vat·ize
(ˌ)rē-ˈprī-və-ˌtīz 
reprivatized; reprivatizing
: to make (something) private again
especially
: to change (something, such as a business or industry that was previously made public) back to private control or ownership
reprivatized the banks
reprivatization
noun
plural reprivatizations
… the German government's reprivatization of farmland since 1990.
—
Ingolf Vogeler
Ingolf Vogeler
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By 1978, all but seven of the hundreds of the companies in state hands in 1973 had been reprivatized.
—Patrick Iber, The New Republic, 15 May 2023
The collapse of the negotiations is a blow to the government headed by former European Central Bank President Mario Draghi, which needs to reprivatize the bank by April under an agreement struck with European authorities when Rome rescued the Tuscan bank in 2017.
—Giovanni Legorano, WSJ, 24 Oct. 2021
Rome agreed with European authorities to reprivatize the bank by April of 2022.
—Patricia Kowsmann, WSJ, 24 May 2021
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Patrick Iber, The New Republic, 15 May 2023
The collapse of the negotiations is a blow to the government headed by former European Central Bank President Mario Draghi, which needs to reprivatize the bank by April under an agreement struck with European authorities when Rome rescued the Tuscan bank in 2017.
—Giovanni Legorano, WSJ, 24 Oct. 2021
Rome agreed with European authorities to reprivatize the bank by April of 2022.
—Patricia Kowsmann, WSJ, 24 May 2021
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“Reprivatize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reprivatize. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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