1. to convert to or bring under Bolshevik control or communist ideology
Usage: historical; often used in early 20th-century political discourse; third-person singular present tense of 'bolshevize'

Examples

• The government feared that radical groups would bolshevizes the labor movement.
• Critics warned that the revolution bolshevizes entire regions of Eastern Europe.
• Opponents claimed the new policies bolshevizes private enterprise.
• The propaganda suggested foreign powers sought to bolshevizes the nation.
• Historians debate whether the reforms actually bolshevizes society or merely modernize it.