transinstitutionalize
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[edit]transinstitutionalize (third-person singular simple present transinstitutionalizes, present participle transinstitutionalizing, simple past and past participle transinstitutionalized)
- (transitive) To transfer (a mentally ill person) from one institution to another, for example from hospital to jail.