Mexicanize

Mexicanize
Mexicanization, n.
/mek"si keuh nuyz'/, v.t., v.i., Mexicanized, Mexicanizing.
to make or become Mexican or like the Mexican, as in manner, customs, or dress.
Also, esp. Brit., Mexicanise.
[1840-50, Amer.; MEXICAN + -IZE]

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