ostracise v 1: expel from a community or group [syn: {banish}, {ban}, {ostracize}, {ostracise}, {shun}, {cast out}, {blackball}] 2: avoid speaking to or dealing with; "Ever since I spoke up, my colleagues ostracize me" [syn: {ostracize}, {ostracise}]
ostracise \os"tra*cise\, v. t. Same as {ostracize}. [Chiefly Brit.] [PJC]