ostracize or ostracise
- 1) verb, to exclude or banish (a person) from a particular group, society, etc
- 2) verb, (in ancient Greece) to punish by temporary exile
Etymology
C17: from Greek ostrakizein to select someone for banishment by voting on potsherds; see ostracon
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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