radicalize
verb
rad·i·cal·ize ˈra-di-kə-ˌlīz 
radicalized; radicalizing
transitive verb
: to make radical especially in politics
radicalization
ˌra-di-kə-lə-ˈzā-shən
noun 
Example Sentences
The war has radicalized an entire generation of young people.
Recent Examples on the Web Still, Van Tatenhove stressed, the group should be considered dangerous because of its ability to widely disseminate violent messaging and radicalize followers. 
Hannah Allam, Washington Post, 12 July 2022 Van Tatenhove said Rhodes raked in membership dues to radicalize cadres of military veterans and former police officers. John Wagner, Washington Post, 12 July 2022 Critics and political opponents are afraid that Petro will still try to radicalize and move to an extreme left position. Fox News, 20 June 2022 Content monitors also face a challenge from message boards and other sites that feature white supremacist ideology and can radicalize users. Max Zahn, ABC News, 18 May 2022 Gibbons urged the jury to believe none of that, alleging that Dan was a bought-and-paid for informant who made $54,000 from the government trying to radicalize Fox with the help of his FBI handler. Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 5 Apr. 2022 The deep look at the killings, conducted by the Secret Service’s National Threat Assessment Center, was an effort to study how contempt for women can radicalize men and spark violent and deadly behavior. Colleen Long, orlandosentinel.com, 15 Mar. 2022 Those harms include shadowy algorithms that radicalize users, pervasive misinformation and extremism, facilitation of human trafficking, teen suicide, and more. Barbara Ortutay, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Oct. 2021 The lawsuit says Facebook knew that rewarding users for posting dangerous content and allowing fake accounts created by autocrats to flourish would radicalize users. Kelvin Chan, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Dec. 2021 See More
Hannah Allam, Washington Post, 12 July 2022 Van Tatenhove said Rhodes raked in membership dues to radicalize cadres of military veterans and former police officers. John Wagner, Washington Post, 12 July 2022 Critics and political opponents are afraid that Petro will still try to radicalize and move to an extreme left position. Fox News, 20 June 2022 Content monitors also face a challenge from message boards and other sites that feature white supremacist ideology and can radicalize users. Max Zahn, ABC News, 18 May 2022 Gibbons urged the jury to believe none of that, alleging that Dan was a bought-and-paid for informant who made $54,000 from the government trying to radicalize Fox with the help of his FBI handler. Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 5 Apr. 2022 The deep look at the killings, conducted by the Secret Service’s National Threat Assessment Center, was an effort to study how contempt for women can radicalize men and spark violent and deadly behavior. Colleen Long, orlandosentinel.com, 15 Mar. 2022 Those harms include shadowy algorithms that radicalize users, pervasive misinformation and extremism, facilitation of human trafficking, teen suicide, and more. Barbara Ortutay, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Oct. 2021 The lawsuit says Facebook knew that rewarding users for posting dangerous content and allowing fake accounts created by autocrats to flourish would radicalize users. Kelvin Chan, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Dec. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1830, in the meaning defined above