municipalized

Taken by city

Municipalized describes something that has been brought under the control or ownership of a municipal government.

A municipalized utility, transit system, or service is one that a city or town now operates rather than a private company: The city municipalized its water supply after complaints about the private provider.

The past tense of municipalize.

governance

city council

Local legislative assembly

charter · ordinance · bylaw · borough · ward · alderman · councillor · mayor · town hall · civic center

utilities

water supply

Provisioned H2O delivery system

waste management · streetlights · public transport · sanitation · gas · broadband · power grid · tramway · waterworks · telecommunications

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ownership/control structure

municipalizedprivatized

Transferred to non-government ownership

corporatized · deregulated · commercialized · outsourced · denationalized

Family

municipalize, municipalization

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