ostracize
Pronunciation: ⁄ˈɒstrəsʌɪz⁄
verb
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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