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monopolize

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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.

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All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit. Thomas Paine

Now, if someone tries to monopolize the Web, for example pushes proprietary variations on network protocols, then that would make me unhappy. Tim Berners-Lee

Men now monopolize the upper levels... depriving women of their rightful share of opportunities for incompetence. Laurence J. Peter

The devil has made it his business to monopolize on three elements: noise, hurry, crowds. He will not allow quietness. Elisabeth Elliot

The Communist-Fascists, who are managers of the press, remove unwanted editors and monopolize the printing base, as it is widely practiced today in Belarus. Vasil Bykaŭ

The tame, the domesticated, try to monopolize the word freedom; they'd like to apply it to their own condition. They apply the word "wild" to the free. Fredy Perlman

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