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commit

verb [T] (SEND)
 
 
/kəˈmɪt/ (-tt-) formal

Definition

to send someone officially to prison or hospital: He's been committed to prison for fraud.Putting people in prisonScience of psychology and psychoanalysisMind and personality
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