Denationalize

De`na´tion`al`ize

v. t.	1.	To divest or deprive of national character or rights. [imp. & p. p. Denationalized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Denationalizing.] Bonaparte's decree denationalizes, as he calls it, all ships that have touched at a British port. - Cobbett. An expatriated, denationalized race. - G. Eliot.
	2.	to change (something, as an industry or business) from state to private ownership or control; as, the British denationalization of steel.

Verb

denationalize - put under private control or ownership; "The steel industry was denationalized"

Synonyms: denationalise

Antonyms:

nationalize, nationalise - put under state control or ownership; "Mitterand nationalized the banks"