privatize

verb

1. (British, English, Oxford, US)To release government control (of a business or industry) to private industry.
2. (British, English, Oxford, US, transitive)To render (a variable, etc.) private in scope.

   “If the compiler allocates a privatized variable to a register, it must examine whether the variable is live after the termination of the while-loop.”

3. (British, English, Oxford, US, transitive, uncommon)To render a thought or an idea, private in scope.

   “The neoliberal, privatizing version of health in which everyone is responsible for themselves, despite disparities in resources.”