To convert into chattel; to treat as moveable property; to reduce to chattel status.
From chattel plus the suffix -ize, meaning 'to make' or 'to treat as.' The -ize suffix is productive in English for creating verbs from nouns, indicating transformation or treatment.
Chattelize as a verb is stark—it means the action of transforming someone or something into property. The suffix -ize usually sounds neutral (like 'crystallize' or 'memorize'), but here it names systematic harm.
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