GHETTO

I. noun (plural ~s; also ~es) see: jet Date: 1611 a quarter of a city in which Jews were formerly required to live, a quarter of a city in which members of a minority group live especially because of social, legal, or economic pressure, 3. an isolated group , a situation that resembles a ~ especially in conferring inferior status or limiting opportunity , II. transitive verb Date: 1936 ~ize