Dictionary
com•mu•nize
Pronunciation: (kom'yu-nīz"), [key]—
v.t., -nized, -niz•ing.
1. (often cap.) to impose Communist principles or systems of government on (a country or people).
2. to make communistic.
3. to make (something, as land or a house) the property of the community; to transfer from individual to community ownership.
Also, esp. Brit.,com'mu•nise".Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.