politicize

v., -cized, -ciz·ing, -ciz·es.

v.intr.
To engage in or discuss politics.

v.tr.
To make political: "The mayor was given authority to appoint police commissioners and by virtue of that power was able to politicize the department" (Connie Paige).

politicization po·lit'i·ci·za'tion (-sĭ-zā'shən) n.

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: give a political character to
  Synonym: politicise

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - diskutere politik
v. tr. - gøre til et politisk spørgsmål

Nederlands (Dutch)
politiseren, in politieke hoek trekken

Français (French)
v. intr. - politiser
v. tr. - politiser

Deutsch (German)
v. - politisieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - πολιτικοποιώ, συζητώ από πολιτική άποψη, πολιτικολογώ, πολιτεύομαι

Italiano (Italian)
politicizzare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - politizar

Русский (Russian)
политизировать

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - politizarse
v. tr. - politizar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - politisera

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
搞政治, 使具有政治性

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 搞政治
v. tr. - 使具有政治性

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 정치에 종사하다, 정치를 논하다
v. tr. - 정치화[정당화]하다, 정치적으로 다루다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 政治色を帯びさせる, 政治化する, 政治に関心をもつ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) ينغمس أو يتحدث في السياسه, يسيس : يضفي الصفه السياسيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮שיווה אופי פוליטי, הכניס פוליטיזציה‬
v. tr. - ‮דיבר על פוליטיקה, עסק בפוליטיקה‬

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