monopolization

monopolize | American Dictionary

monopolize
verb[ T ]
us/məˈnɑp·əˌlɑɪz/
social studies
to have or take complete control of something so that others are prevented from sharing it:
Rockefeller monopolized oil refining in the 1800s.
She has a habit of monopolizing the conversation.

monopolize | Business English

monopolize
verb[ T ]
(UK alsomonopolise)uk /məˈnɒpəlaɪz/us
to take control of the supply and price of a particular product or service:
Businesses might try to monopolize a market.

monopolization

noun[ U ](UK alsomonopolisation)
In the government's view, the goal is to "ensure that there remain no practices likely to result in monopolization."

Examples of monopolize

monopolize
The state monopolized or dominated production of many goods and services, including telecommunications, banking, energy, broadcasting, forestry, tourism and transport.
The profits from monopolizing the innovation serve as the platform for the lead economy attaining political-economic leadership.
The war expenses monopolized an increasing part of the budget, in detriment to work on the dockyards and the new city.
The elites were very successful in monopolizing cultural activities.
The intent was to prevent a utility in concert with a manufacturer of incandescent lamps from monopolizing the sale of lamps.
Domestic private media and international satellite and internet providers compete with the state-owned media for audience in countries where government once monopolized broadcasting.
The chiefly leaders appeared to have monopolized the possession of gold objects, and apparently held rights to placer rivers within the chiefdom's territory, where gold was panned.
Patricians are credited with trying to distinguish themselves as a separate social group within this complicated urban context and, if they did, it is unlikely that they monopolized this activity.
Ceremonial exchange was, furthermore, linked with the power structures within these societies; prestige objects and the networks of exchange were monopolized by the leaders and their followers.
They monopolized the market with the outside.
The trust often monopolized the total market of a country by making contracts with the government, and even if this failed, it tried to absorb major local companies.
State-level politicians' fear of driving mobile capital out of their states gave business the upper hand as long as politics at the state level monopolized social policy-making.
At the present time, these are totally monopolized by the executive powers.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
The genetic resources of our planet must not be monopolized in the private hands of a few companies.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
I am quite sure it is true that it cannot be monopolized.
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