mental institution

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mental institution (plural mental institutions)

  1. (derogatory or informal) A psychiatric hospital, or the psychiatric ward of a hospital.
    • 2025 January 20, Donald Trump, Inaugural Address (2025):
      It fails to protect our magnificent, law-abiding American citizens, but provides sanctuary and protection for dangerous criminals, many from prisons and mental institutions that have illegally entered our country from all over the world.

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