(Internet, transitive) To make something hidden from the public (without deleting it permanently).

Belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group. / Not accessible by the public. / Not in governmental office or employment.

The transfer of a company or organization from government to private ownership and control.

(informal) The genitalia; those body parts that are not normally displayed; private parts.

plural of private

plural of privation

(philosophy) The state of being deprived of or lacking an attribute formerly or properly possessed; the loss or absence of such an attribute.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of private

simple past tense and past participle of privatize

(economics) To release government control (of a business or industry) to private industry. / (computing, transitive) To make (a variable, etc.) private in scope.