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os·tra·cize (ŏśtrə-sīź)

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

transitive verb: -cized, -ciz·ing, -ciz·es. 

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