Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to chickenize
Participle: chickenized
Gerund: chickenizing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | chickenize |
| you | chickenize |
| he;she;it | chickenizes |
| we | chickenize |
| you | chickenize |
| they | chickenize |
Perfect
| I | have chickenized |
| you | have chickenized |
| he;she;it | has chickenized |
| we | have chickenized |
| you | have chickenized |
| they | have chickenized |
Past
| I | chickenized |
| you | chickenized |
| he;she;it | chickenized |
| we | chickenized |
| you | chickenized |
| they | chickenized |
Pluperfect
| I | had chickenized |
| you | had chickenized |
| he;she;it | had chickenized |
| we | had chickenized |
| you | had chickenized |
| they | had chickenized |
Future
| I | will chickenize |
| you | will chickenize |
| he;she;it | will chickenize |
| we | will chickenize |
| you | will chickenize |
| they | will chickenize |
Future Perfect
| I | will have chickenized |
| you | will have chickenized |
| he;she;it | will have chickenized |
| we | will have chickenized |
| you | will have chickenized |
| they | will have chickenized |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | chickenize |
| you | chickenize |
| he;she;it | chickenize |
| we | chickenize |
| you | chickenize |
| they | chickenize |
Perfect
| I | have chickenized |
| you | have chickenized |
| he;she;it | have chickenized |
| we | have chickenized |
| you | have chickenized |
| they | have chickenized |
Imperfect
| I | chickenized |
| you | chickenized |
| he;she;it | chickenized |
| we | chickenized |
| you | chickenized |
| they | chickenized |
Pluperfect
| I | had chickenized |
| you | had chickenized |
| he;she;it | had chickenized |
| we | had chickenized |
| you | had chickenized |
| they | had chickenized |
Conditional
Present
| I | would chickenize |
| you | would chickenize |
| he;she;it | would chickenize |
| we | would chickenize |
| you | would chickenize |
| they | would chickenize |
Perfect
| I | would have chickenized |
| you | would have chickenized |
| he;she;it | would have chickenized |
| we | would have chickenized |
| you | would have chickenized |
| they | would have chickenized |
Imperative
| you | chickenize |
| we | Let's chickenize |
| you | chickenize |
Verbs conjugated like 'chickenize'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'chickenize'
blackenize,
chicken,
chimerize,
chitinize,
lichenize,
nickelize,
whiskeyize,
whitenize,
alienize,
bucketize,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From chicken + -ize. In the business sense popularized by American journalist Christopher Leonard (author) in the context of the US poultry industry, where just a few companies control almost all aspects of chicken production, such as feed, medicines, and chicken houses. This model was later followed by other industries (they chickenized).
Sample Sentences
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To compete with the chicken industry, hog and cattle producers could follow the model that Moeller was slowly building for pig farms. They could chickenize. [2014, Christopher Leonard, The Meat Racket: The Secret Takeover of America’s Food Business, New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 152:]
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Chokepoint capitalists want to chickenize everything they can, so they can control—and capture the lion's share of value from—other people's labor. Now the live music industry is being chickenized too. [2022, Rebecca Giblin, Cory Doctorow, Chokepoint Capitalism […] , Boston: Beacon Press, →ISBN:]