1. organized under or brought under federal control or authority

1. past tense of federalize; to bring under federal control or make federal

Examples

• The National Guard was federalized during the crisis.
• After the disaster, emergency services were federalized for better coordination.
• The government federalized the airport security system.
• Local militias were federalized into the regular army.
• The president federalized the state’s disaster response.
• Banking regulations became federalized after the financial crisis.