Definitions

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  • verb To make Aryan.

Etymologies

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Aryan +‎ -ize

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Examples

  • Forever irritated with the Wertheimer brothers, the Jewish businessmen who were her partners in the production of Chanel No. 5 and with whom she'd blithely signed a contract she soon regretted, Chanel took her cue from the Nazis, who'd begun to "Aryanize" Jewish businesses in France.

    The Enduring Coco Chanel Laura Jacobs 2011

  • He'd been a brutal man who would order his thugs to round up and beat merchants then Aryanize their businesses.

    Garden of Beasts Deaver, Jeffery 2004

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