privatize

verb3

1. •
   To release government control (of a business or industry) to private industry.
2. •
   To render (a variable, etc.) private in scope.

   • If the compiler allocates a privatized variable to a register, it must examine whether the variable is live after the termination of the while-loop. — 1997
3. •
   To render a thought or an idea, private in scope.

   • The neoliberal, privatizing version of health in which everyone is responsible for themselves, despite disparities in resources. — 2018