monopolize

About 0.52 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To have a monopoly on something.
2. verb To dominate or to get total control of something by excluding everyone else.

   Teachers try not to let any one student monopolize a class discussion.

Similar words

monopolise occupy dominate hog oligopolize command hegemonize oversit hegemonise obsess

Often followed by

the all a any it and trade or power

Word family

monopolization monopolizations monopolized monopolizer monopolizers monopolizes monopolizing