trustification

English

Etymology

trust +‎ -ification

Noun

trustification (countable and uncountable, plural trustifications)

1. The formation of a trust to hold and manage something, especially one that has monopolistic control.
   • 1933, New Zealand. Parliament, Parliamentary Debates - Volume 236, page 864:

     Let me repeat that this Bill is a definite link in the international trustification of public credit.

   • 2013, Hermann Levy, Industrial Germany, →ISBN:

     On the other hand certain forms of amalgamation have been tempting enough to foster a sort of trustification which may not have been justified by the existing conditions of competition.

   • 2014, A.B. Levy, Private Corporations and their Control - Part 1, →ISBN, page 150:

     Under the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt, and even more under Taft, new proceedings were started, this time against trustifications through holding companies.

   • 2015, Gerald D. Feldman, Iron and Steel in the German Inflation, 1916-1923, →ISBN, page 38:

     The appeal of trustification, for example, was limited by cultural and sociopolitical considerations.

   • 2018, Hermann Levy, The New Industrial System, →ISBN:

     ...there has of late been a tendency towards a much more pronounced amalgamation and trustification in industry.