Verb (used with object) : to politicize a private dispute.    From Dictionary.com. 

Campaign organiser Lance White said he did not want to "politicise" the venture and that he had not mentioned the ANC's name on purpose.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

The DA would continue to "politicise" the issue of Aids, because it was arguably the most pressing political issue of our time, Leon said.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

China tells US not to 'politicise' yuan policy.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Higher yuan would limit China inflation- OECD official] Reference

China tells US not to 'politicise' yuan policy: DJ.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to U.S., Russia close to deal to slash nuclear arsenals] Reference

China tells US not to 'politicise' yuan policy: report.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Financial News] Reference

Beijing (AFP) July 20, 2010 - China on Tuesday urged the United States not to "politicise" a.    From Wordnik.com.  [Energy News - Energy Technology - Energy Business - Energy and the Environment] Reference

And he warned that David Cameron's party would "politicise" the police by introducing elections for top officers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home] Reference

China tells US not to 'politicise' yuan policy ... currency during the annual full session of the country's top advisory body as the.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to U.S., Russia close to deal to slash nuclear arsenals] Reference

It is wrong to politicise the campuses of our schools.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

For once let us not politicise policing in the province.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Video, however, is also used to contextualise and politicise.    From Wordnik.com.  [Porgy and Bess] Reference

It felt this would politicise decision-making in this regard.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

He said the PAC itself was attempting to politicise the issue.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Production of educational material to help politicise the people.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE AFRICAN WOMEN'S DEMONSTRATION IN NATAL: REPORT TO THE NATAL PEOPLE'S CONFERENCE, SEPTEMBER 6, 1959] Reference

This was clearly a further attempt by the ANC to politicise sport.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Trade union actions such as strikes also served to politicise some women.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE STRUGGLE AGAINST APARTHEID, 1980] Reference

Maduna's office has already said it did not wish to politicise the issue.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

"Such actions serve to politicise what is a straight forward labour dispute.".    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

There are also deliberate efforts to sensationalise and politicise this issue.    From Wordnik.com.  [Address by President Nelson Mandela to Parliament] Reference

Both the ANC and the IFP agreed that they should not politicise this question.    From Wordnik.com.  [Contents] Reference

There were also deliberate efforts to sensationalise and politicise the issue.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

The body would be ANC-aligned if not ANC-controlled, and would politicise the police.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

"Such actions serve to politicise what is a straight forward labour dispute," he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

It brought national focus in the struggle to unify and politicise the progressive youth.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Today] Reference

"You can't toyi-toyi about this (Aids), you can't politicise it," said Tshabalala-Msimang.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

An example of his attempt to politicise his trial was by mentioning that he had joined the IFP.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Congress of South African Trade Unions, which said it would further politicise the labour arena.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

It was not an exercise in democracy, it was just a small extra opportunity to politicise our people.    From Wordnik.com.  [Freedom in our Lifetime - Part Five] Reference

Pretorius said there appeared to be a tendency by the defence to try and politicise all the charges.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Government regrets that the right wing political movements are trying to politicise the security forces.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

The editor of a financial weekly recently pleaded that we should not politicise the employment challenge.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Today] Reference

He added that he had only planned to have Mandela and De Klerk present since he did not wish to politicise the event.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

We hold it most unfortunate that there are efforts being made now, within and outside Zimbabwe, to politicise the event.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Today] Reference

He said the extreme rightwing was "playing with fire" in its efforts to halt negotiations and politicise the security forces.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

"Nxani was killed between June and July 1995 by authorities who accused him of trying to politicise other prisoners," he alleged.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

He went on to say: "It is thus necessary that we politicise our own trade unions in the anti-socialist and anti-communist ideologies.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Contents:] Reference

We must therefore organise the people properly, politicise and activise them and lead them against the forces of fascism and reaction.    From Wordnik.com.  [Report of the National Executive Committee] Reference