Aryanize

Aryanize
/air"ee euh nuyz', air"yeuh-, ar"-/, v.t., Aryanized, Aryanizing.
(in Nazi doctrine) to remove all non-Aryan persons from (office, business, etc.).
Also, esp. Brit., Aryanise.
[1855-60; ARYAN + -IZE]

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