colonialize [ kə lṓ ni ə līz ](3rd person present singularcolonializes, present participlecolonializing, past and past participlecolonialized) or colonialise [ kə lṓ ni ə līz ](3rd person present singularcolonialises, present participlecolonialising, past and past participlecolonialised)
transitive verb
Definition:
make into colony: to enter a nation or other landmass and try to restructure it into a colony