nationalizing

verb

1. 1

   To make into, or to become, a nation.

2. 2

   To bring a private company under the control of a specific government.

   “The government plans to nationalize the energy industry.”

3. 3

   To bring a concept such as a political issue or commercial campaign to the attention of the entire country.

4. 4

   To make national; to make a nation of; to endow with the character and habits of a nation, or the peculiar sentiments and attachment of citizens of a nation.