privatize

1. (economics) To release government control (of a business or industry) to private industry.BritishEnglishOxfordUS

2. (computing, transitive) To render (a variable, etc.) private in scope.Examples: "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."BritishEnglishOxfordUStransitive

3. (transitive, uncommon) To render a thought or an idea, private in scope.Examples: "The neoliberal, privatizing version of health in which everyone is responsible for themselves, despite disparities in resources."BritishEnglishOxfordUStransitiveuncommon