renationalize
verb [ T ] (UK usually renationalise); (re-nationalize, re-nationalise) uk/ˌriːˈnæʃ.ən.əl.aɪz/ us/ˌriːˈnæʃ.ən.əl.aɪz/ /ˌriːˈnæʃ.nəl.aɪz/
（政府）使重新国有化，把…重新收归国有
If a government renationalizes a business or industry that has been denationalized (= changed from being publicly owned to being privately owned), it takes control of it again.
The pressure group wants to get the country's railways renationalized.
The new president quickly set about renationalizing key industries. 新总统迅速着手将关键行业重新收归国有。
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- Union leaders called for the industry to be renationalised.
- One solution to the chaos would be to re-nationalize the industry.
- A spokesperson denied that the franchises would be renationalized.