In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
COMMUNISE
communize, communise
(verb) make into property owned by the state; “The new government communized all banks”
communize, communise, bolshevize, bolshevise
(verb) make Communist or bring in accord with Communist principles; “communize the government”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
communise (third-person singular simple present communises, present participle communising, simple past and past participle communised)
Non-Oxford British standard spelling of communize.
Antonyms
• decommunise
Anagrams
• encomiums, meconiums
Source: Wiktionary
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