Monopolize

Mo‐nop″o‐lize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Monopolized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Monopolizing (?).] [From Monopoly.] To acquire a monopoly of; to have or get the exclusive privilege or means of dealing in, or the exclusive possession of; to engross the whole of; as, to monopolize the coffee trade; to monopolize land.