transinstitutionalizing

A form of transinstitutionalize — To transfer (a mentally ill person) from one institution to another, for example from hospital to jail.

Scrabble 33

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of transinstitutionalize
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