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third-person singular simple present monopolizes, present participle monopolizing, simple past and past participle monopolized
(transitive) To have a monopoly on something. examples
(transitive) To dominate or to get total control of something by excluding everyone else. quotations examples
"Now, Mr. Malone, I have given you rather more of my time than I had intended. The individual must not monopolize what is meant for the world."
1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London, New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton