verb
1. recruit for a union or organize into a union
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We don't allow people to come into our plant and try to unionize the workers
• Syn: ↑unionize
• Derivationally related forms: ↑unionisation, ↑unionization (for: ↑unionize), ↑union (for: ↑unionize)
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody
2. form or join a union
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The auto workers decided to unionize
• Derivationally related forms: ↑organisation (for: ↑organise), ↑organization (for: ↑organize), ↑organizer (for: ↑organize), ↑unionisation, ↑unionization (for: ↑unionize), ↑union (for: ↑unionize)
• Hypernyms: ↑join, ↑fall in, ↑get together
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s
Useful english dictionary. 2012.