OSTRACIZE


Meaning of OSTRACIZE in English

[UK and ANZ] usually -ise [verb] [T] - to avoid (someone) intentionally or to prevent them from taking part in the activities of a group because you dislike them or disapprove of something they have doneHis colleagues ostracized him after he criticized the company in public.For centuries, lepers were ostracized by society and banished to remote colonies.

Cambridge English vocab.      Кембриджский английский словарь.