"privatize" meaning in English

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  "hyphenation": "pri‧va‧tize",
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        "When a government privatizes something, it removes government control over an industry or a part of the economy, and let people manage it themselves."
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        "When you privatize something (such as a variable or function), you make it private and making it only able to be used internally."
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