Definition of "sectioned" [sectioned]

• Simple past tense and past participle of section. (verb)

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• "Take off clothing and place it in sectioned laundry hamper according to lights and darks."
• "They are ill and should be 'sectioned' - lifted from the streets and confined in the care of the mental health system, behind bars if necessary."
• "He should have been deemed (or 'sectioned' as they now euphemistically call it)."