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Monopolize
Mo-nop′o-lize
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Monopolized
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Monopolizing
.] [From
Monopoly
.] 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;
as, to
monopolize
the coffee trade; to monopolize
land.