reprivatize

Alternative forms

• reprivatise

Etymology

re- +‎ privatize

Verb

reprivatize (third-person singular simple present reprivatizes, present participle reprivatizing, simple past and past participle reprivatized)

1. (economics) To privatize a company that was previously nationalized
   • 2009 March 1, Tyler Cowen, “Message to Regulators: Bank Fix Needed Quickly”, in New York Times‎:

     Many analysts cite Swedish bank nationalization, from the early 1990s, as a model, because the Swedes later reprivatized these banks and resumed economic growth.