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Monopolize

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To acquire or maintain a monopoly of.

v. To dominate by excluding others: monopolized the conversation.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To have a monopoly on something

v. To dominate or to get total control of something by excluding everyone else

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To acquire a monopoly of; to have or get the exclusive privilege or means of dealing in, or the exclusive possession of; to engross the whole of

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To obtain a monopoly of; have an exclusive right of trading in: as, to monopolize all the corn in a district.

To obtain or engross the whole of; obtain exclusive possession of.

Also spelled monopolise.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. have and control fully and exclusively

v. have or exploit a monopoly of

Word Usage

"Gilmore is concerned that Google / EarthLink will be allowed to track users across the network with a high degree of granularity and "monopolize" the Wi-Fi airwaves."

Verb Form

monopolized monopolizes monopolizing

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

control command have got have hold

Form

monopolized monopolizing

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

engross corner