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to ostracize
01
to exclude someone from a community or group as a form of punishment or social rejection
02
avoid speaking to or dealing with
Example
The strict religious community would ostracize members who disobeyed their rules.
The clique ostracized anyone who didn't conform to their standards of popularity.
After the scandal, he was ostracized by his colleagues and no longer invited to company events.
The community decided to ostracize the troublemaker to maintain peace and order.
His unconventional ideas led him to be ostracized by conservative members of society.
