v. to commit a person to confinement in an institution
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To turn into an institution; give institutional form or order to.
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v. cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
Word Usage
""But if you concentrate on blocks or certain neighborhoods, then you kind of institutionalize the block, and that's not the goal for people with disabilities, and it's not the goal for our neighborhoods, either.""