to commit

Examples

• All

• After long testimony, a probation judge in Topeka declared Corbett "hopelessly insane" and committed him to the state asylum.

  Academic text (2009)

• You are hereby committed to stand trial at the Central Criminal Court.

  A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

• But that was right before I was committed to County for hearing voices.

  Fiction book (1995)

• "He must be committed to a psychiatric facility."

  Broken Toys (1935)

• Awaiting trial, Hamsun was committed to various hospitals where he was in effect held prisoner.

  Academic text (1999)

• Jack Starks, I hereby sentence you to be committed... ...to an institution for the criminally insane... ...where I hope the doctors and proper treatment can help you.

  The Jacket (2005)

• He was involuntarily committed to a mental health facility after the court's decision.

• After a thorough evaluation, the judge decided that she should be committed to a psychiatric hospital for treatment.

• The law mandates that a person can be committed if they pose a danger to themselves or others.

Synonyms

S

to send

vsto commit

∞ 1.0

Make someone go to a place, often for work or as punishment

is a formal legal action that places people into prisons or mental hospitals

P

to put away

vsto commit

115 5.8

To lock someone in prison or a secure place

is reserved for formal legal orders that place people in prisons or hospitals

J

to jail

vsto commit

108 2.1

To put someone in prison as punishment

is applied via formal legal orders to place people in prisons or hospitals

I

to institutionalize

vsto commit

• US

27 7.2

Send someone to live for a long time in a hospital, prison, or care home

is used for formal legal orders to place someone into medical or custodial care

C

to consign

vsto commit

14 7.9

Send something or someone away so they are forgotten and never used again

is a formal legal action to place a person under official custody or care

Antonyms

R

to release

∞ 1.8

To let someone or something go free from being held

D

to discharge

• Formal

100 4.4

Officially release someone from a duty, job, or responsibility

Phrasal Verbs

C

to commit suicide

• NSFW

232 6.2

To kill yourself on purpose

C

to commit murder

• NSFW

60 5.4

To kill someone illegally

C

to commit crime

48 2.5

To do something against the law

Compounds

P

pre-commit

• Specialized

7.1

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How Detained

to imprison

• Formal

178 4.2

to commit

• Formal

44 7.0

to remand

• Jargon

25 8.5

to detain

• Formal

169 5.9

transfer

355 3.2

to send

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology