paternalize

verb2

1. •
   To make paternal; to place in a fatherly role.

   • To paternalize the government or make it more bureaucratic is in their judgment to repress private enterprise and to imitate the monarchical systems... — 1912
2. •
   control organizations, things etc. disregarding people's freedom and responsibility under guise and pretense of knowing what would be good and proper for them