polonize
transitive verb
po·lo·nize
ˈpōləˌnīz
-ed/-ing/-s
often capitalized
1
: to cause to acquire Polish customs or attitudes
especially
: to force into conformity with Polish cultural patterns or governmental policies
German cities assigned to Poland have been polonized —M. A. Pei
the Polish clergy … use their influence to polonize the people —Russian Poland
2
: to modify (a word or expression) to conform to characteristics distinctive of Polish
difficult … to polonize English terms—B. W. A. Massey
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