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   os·tra·cize

   /ˈästrəˌsīz/

   verb

   • 1. exclude (someone) from a society or group: "a group of people who have been ridiculed, ostracized, and persecuted for centuries"
   • ▪ (in ancient Greece) banish (an unpopular or too powerful citizen) from a city for five or ten years by popular vote.

   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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   • S

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   • T

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   • R

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   • A

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   • C

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   • I

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   • E

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