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1. Given the character of an institution or incorporated into a structured and usually well-established system
   "institutionalized graft";
   - institutionalised [Brit]
    
2. Officially placed in or committed to a specialized institution
   "had hopes of rehabilitating the institutionalized juvenile delinquents";
   - institutionalised [Brit]

1. Cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
   "After the second episode, she had to be institutionalized";
   - commit, institutionalise [Brit], send, charge
    
2. Establish as a normal practice
   - institutionalise [Brit]

See also: institutional

Type of: transfer

Encyclopedia: Institutionalized