1. bring under Soviet control, of a country; [syn: sovietize, sovietise]
2. model a country's social, political, and economic structure on the Soviet Union; - Example: "Castro sovietized Cuba" [syn: sovietize, sovietise]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sovietize
v 1: bring under Soviet control, of a country [syn: sovietize,
sovietise]
2: model a country's social, political, and economic structure
on the Soviet Union; "Castro sovietized Cuba" [syn:
sovietize, sovietise]