FEUDALIZE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Bring (a country or people) under feudalism

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "feudalize" is one way to...):

convert (change the nature, purpose, or function of something)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

feudalism (the social system that developed in Europe in the 8th century; vassals were protected by lords who they had to serve in war)