collectivize

tr.v., -ized, -iz·ing, -iz·es.
To organize (an economy, industry, or enterprise) on the basis of collectivism.

collectivization col·lec'tiv·i·za'tion (-tə-vĭ-zā'shən) n.

The process of abolishing private ownership of land in favour of state or (supposedly) communal ownership. Following the difficulties in procurement of agricultural products in the Soviet Union in 1927-8, Stalin led the party towards full collectivization of the peasantry in 1929. Large collective farms (kolkhozy) were established based on expropriated land on which peasants were then effectively employed, although officially the peasantry comprised a distinct class from other state employees. In line with the campaigning spirit of the times, collectivization proceeded as rapidly as possible, and all goods and livestock were initially appropriated. Many of the best (and sometimes wealthiest) farmers were designated kulaks and exiled or killed, as part of the drive to ‘liquidate the kulaks as a class’. Some relaxation of life for the peasantry occurred subsequently, but those who survived were unable, until the 1960s, to move to other jobs without official permission. The policy did immense damage to agricultural production, by destroying the peasants' skills and their attachment to the land. Moreover, with further relaxation of state control, farm output stagnated as peasants worked the private plots they had been allowed. Ironically, and partly as a result of the abandonment of farming by the most able, efforts to abolish collective farms have faced considerable opposition in the post-Soviet period from those who fear the operation of the market.

— Stephen Whitefield

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: bring under collective control; of farms and industrial enterprises
  Synonym: collectivise

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - kollektivisere

Nederlands (Dutch)
collectiviseren

Français (French)
v. tr. - collectiviser

Deutsch (German)
v. - kollektivieren, (auf der Basis von kollektivem Eigentum organisieren)

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - κρατικοποιώ, υπάγω (αγροκτήματα) σε συλλογική ιδιοκτησία

Italiano (Italian)
collettivizzare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - coletivizar

Русский (Russian)
объединять в коллектив

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - colectivizar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - kollektivisera

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使之成为共同, 集团化, 集体化

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使之成為共同, 集團化, 集體化

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 집단주의적으로 하다, 공영화 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 集産主義化する, 共営化する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) تحويل المزارع و غيرها من الملكيه الخاصه الى الملكيه المشاعه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הלאים‬

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