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Verb: collectivize  ku'lek-tu`vIz
  1. Bring under collective control; of farms and industrial enterprises
    "The North Koreans attempted to collectivize agriculture in the early 1920s"
    - collectivise [Brit]

Derived forms: collectivizing, collectivizes, collectivized

See also: collective, collectivization

Type of: organise [Brit], organize