ostracize

(ŏs'trə-sīz')
tr.v., -cized, -ciz·ing, -ciz·es.

1. To exclude from a group. See synonyms at blackball.
2. To banish by ostracism, as in ancient Greece.

[Greek ostrakizein, from ostrakon, shell, potsherd (from the potsherds used as ballots in voting for ostracism).]

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verb

1. To exclude from normal social or professional activities: blackball, blacklist, boycott, shut out. See accept/reject.
2. To force to leave a country or place by official decree: banish, deport, exile, expatriate, expel, transport. See accept/reject.

v

Definition: exile, banish
Antonyms: accept, embrace, welcome

IN BRIEF: To put into public disfavor.

After it was found that she had been embezzling money, she was ostracized from the community.

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• Disapproval, Disrespect, and Denial - ostracize: (vb) exclude from group by common consent

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - forvise, "fryse ud", boykotte

Nederlands (Dutch)
uitstoten, weren, verbannen

Français (French)
v. tr. - mettre au ban de la société

Deutsch (German)
v. - ächten

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - εξοστρακίζω, αποδιώχνω, απομονώνω κοινωνικά

Italiano (Italian)
ostracizzare, ostacolare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - desterrar, banir, expatriar

Русский (Russian)
подвергать остракизму, подвергать общественному бойкоту

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - aislar, excluir, condenar al ostracismo

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - utesluta, frysa ut, landsförvisa

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
贝壳流放, 排斥, 放逐

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 貝殼流放, 排斥, 放逐

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 도편 재판에 의해 추방하다, 배척하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - のけ者にする, 追放する, 陶片追放する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) ينبذ, ينفي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮נידה, הגלה, החרים‬

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