Definition of "monopolised" [monopolised]

• Simple past tense and past participle of monopolise. (verb)

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• "Apart from her court appearance, she met members of factions allied with her BYuT bloc and urged them to hold together to ensure a balanced power structure which was not "monopolised" by Yanukovich's Regions Party backers."
• "France at his side, President Barack Obama declared Tuesday he hopes to have technology should be "monopolised" only by the West and is "angry" at Iran's achievements in this field, a top Iranian official has said."
• "They've monopolised everything: the Holocaust, God, money, interest, usury, the world economy, the media, political institutions … they monopolised tyranny and oppression as well."