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com•mu•nal•ize
Pronunciation: (ku-myOOn'l-īz", kom'yu-nl-), [key]—
v.t., -ized, -iz•ing.
to make communal; to make (land, a business, etc.) the property of the community:
The town communalized the estate for a public park. Also, esp. Brit.,com•mu'nal•ise".Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.