Definition of "reprivatization" []

• The process or an instance of returning to private ownership. (noun)

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• "Why haven't we seen an ammendment suggested that would help pull us out of this crisis and help the notion of reprivatization that said, "If you are a too-big-to-fail institution, and you have to rely on government asset purchases, government debt guarantees, access to the Fed window for more than a 60 day period, etc., your board members and your executives will all be considered to be working under a supervisory action, immediately, replaced as soon as possible, and your board and senior officers will all be prohibited from working for a regulated financial institution for a period of five years.""
• "Accordingly, this office recommends a new corporate strategy: Whatever Mr. Obama says, GE should do the opposite, starting with investing in coal-burning power-plants and health care reprivatization."
• "That will minimize costs (which will still be large) and reprivatization will allow the government to recoup some of the upside."