reprivatize
verb [ T ] ( re-privatize); (UK also reprivatise, re-privatise) uk/ˌriːˈpraɪ.və.taɪz/
私有化
to sell an industry, company, or service that has been taken into government control, so that it becomes privately owned and controlled again
The British government recently backed away from a commitment to reprivatise the postal system.
Many countries have nationalized their banking systems over the years, then reprivatized them. 多年来,许多国家将其银行系统国有化,然后再私有化。
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- The rail authority took over responsibility for the failing rail services and hopes to reprivatise the franchise next year.
- The only answer seems to be a nationalization of the banking system, where each bank is restructured and quickly re-privatized.
- They re-nationalized several of their major banks and eventually re-privatized them again.