monopolize

• monopolise

monopoly +‎ -ize

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monopolize (third-person singular simple present monopolizes, present participle monopolizing, simple past and past participle monopolized)

1. (transitive) To have a monopoly on something.
2. (transitive) To dominate or to get total control of something by excluding everyone else.

   Teachers try not to let any one student monopolize a class discussion.

   • 1912, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World‎:

     "Now, Mr. Malone, I have given you rather more of my time than I had intended. The individual must not monopolize what is meant for the world."

• hog
• corner
• take over
• dominate

• monopolization
• monopolizer
• monopolist
• monopolistic

monopolize

1. inflection of monopolizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative