nationalize

verb5

1. •
   To bring a private company, or an industry comprising such companies, under the control of a specific government.

   • The government plans to nationalize the energy industry.
2. •
   To bring a concept such as a political issue or commercial campaign to the attention of the entire country.
3. •
   To change from having local and regional variation to being national in character and scope.
4. •
   (rare) To make into, or to become, a nation.

   • Probably no Hindu who could make intelligent use of political freedom ever dreams of the present possibility of a nationalized India, […] — 1910
5. •
   (no longer used) To make national; to make a nation of; to endow with the character and habits of a nation, or the peculiar sentiments and attachment of citizens of a nation.