privatize
🇬🇧/ˈpraɪvətaɪz/ 🇺🇸/ˈpraɪvətaɪz/If a company, industry, or service that is owned by the state is privatized, the government sells it and makes it a private company. 使私有化
verb [vt. 及物动词] 使私有化，使私营化
Many state-owned companies were privatized. 许多国有公司被私有化了。
