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ostracize


ostracize
Pronunciation: ⁄ˈɒstrəsʌɪz⁄
verb
·              1 [with object] exclude from a society or group:
she was declared a witch and ostracized by the villagers
·              2(in ancient Greece) banish (an unpopular or overly powerful citizen) from a city for five or ten years by popular vote:
Themistocles was indeed out of favour at Athens by the end of the 470s, when he was ostracized
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