Verb: ostracize 'ós-tru,sIz
- Expel from a community or group
"The club ostracized members who broke the rules";
- banish, ban, ostracise [Brit], shun, cast out, blackball, pill [slang]
- Avoid speaking to or dealing with
"Ever since I spoke up, my colleagues ostracize me";
- ostracise [Brit]
Derived forms: ostracized, ostracizes, ostracizing
Type of: exclude, expel, keep out, kick out [informal], shut, shut out, throw out
Encyclopedia: Ostracize