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collateralize

vb. 1 To secure a loan by using collateral. 2 To pledge assets as collateral.

WordNet
collateralize

v. pledge as a collateral; "The loan was collateralized by government bonds"

Usage examples of "collateralize".

But the money would in fact be used to collateralize a loan from a Roman bank to a bank in Panama and then shipped on to the Bolivian government.