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ostracize (also ostracise – mainly British usage) (verb) – 1. To exclude from a group or society.

  1. To banish by ostracism, as in ancient Greece.

Source : The Free Dictionary

Etymology : “Exile by ostracism, banish by popular vote,” also in a figurative sense, “to exclude from society or favor,” 1640s, from Latinized form of Greek ostrakizein “to banish,” literally “to banish by voting with potshards”.

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