1. to make something the property of a community; to bring under community ownership or control
Usage: often used in political or economic contexts
2. to make something available for common use by a community

Examples

• The government decided to communize the major industries.
• They wanted to communize the farmland to increase efficiency.
• The village chose to communize their water resources.
• Revolutionary leaders sought to communize private property.
• The cooperative movement aimed to communize agricultural production.
• Local residents voted to communize the community garden space.