monopolize (v.)

• absorb
• adopt
• appropriate
• arrest
• arrogate
• assume
• buy
• catch
• charm
• colonize
• conquer
• consume
• control
• corner
• devour
• dominate
• employ
• enchant
• engage
• engross
• enslave
• enthrall
• exercise
• fascinate
• forestall
• grab
• grip
• have
• hog
• hold
• hypnotize
• immerse
• indent
• involve
• manage
• mesmerize
• obsess
• occupy
• overrun
• own
• possess
• preempt
• preoccupy
• prepossess
• procure
• purchase
• repurchase
• requisition
• spellbind
• subjugate
• use
• usurp
• utilize