0 present participle of monopolize
1 in business, to control something completely and to prevent other people having any effect on what happens:
The company had monopolized the photography market for so many decades that they didn't worry about competition from other companies.
2 If someone monopolizes a person or a conversation, they talk a lot or stop other people being involved:
She completely monopolized the conversation at lunch.
Each human organization in the territory sets up its own version of the truth and develops strategies for monopolizing the narration of the truth.
Actions to exclude competitors from the field of competition were precisely the common law definition of monopolizing behavior.
To keep bourgeois intellectuals from "monopolizing" the forum, the assembly had invited well-known model workers from throughout the country to participate.
The profits from monopolizing the innovation serve as the platform for the lead economy attaining political-economic leadership.
The elites were very successful in monopolizing cultural activities.
The intent was to prevent a utility in concert with a manufacturer of incandescent lamps from monopolizing the sale of lamps.
Over the century, the baker's guild was assailed with growing venom as an anti-social racket restricting admissions to the trade, monopolizing custom, pushing prices up, and making fortunes.
This can create royal dynasties, resulting in some dictatorship monopolizing power.
