renationalize

verb

re·​na·​tion·​al·​ize (ˌ)rē-ˈnash-nə-ˌlīz 

-ˈna-shə-nə-ˌlīz

renationalized; renationalizing

transitive verb

: to nationalize (something) again : to place (a private industry) back under the control or ownership of the national government

Over the past five years, about a third of Russia's oil production has been effectively renationalized …

—Fred Weir

Nine banks were renationalized; two of them have been privatized once again and the rest will be sold off when their bad-debt problems have been cleaned up.

—Robert Collier

renationalization

(ˌ)rē-ˌnash-nə-lə-ˈzā-shən 

-ˌna-shə-nə-lə-

noun

plural renationalizations

Corbyn has called for the renationalization of rail and energy companies …

—Tara John

… expect some renationalization of recently privatized business.

—Paul Klebnikov

Examples of renationalize in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

France on Tuesday detailed its plan to renationalize its electricity utility, EDF, to shore up the nation’s energy independence by refreshing its fleet of aging nuclear plants. —New York Times, 20 July 2022

Word History

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined above