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   ostracize

   /ˈɒstrəsʌɪz/

   verb

   • 1. exclude from a society or group: "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"

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from Greek ostrakizein, from ostrakon ‘shell or potsherd’ (on which names were written in voting to banish unpopular citizens).

   Scrabble Points: 20

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