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blacklist collapse: a list of people who are out of favor; put on a blacklist so as to banish or cause to be boycotted; "many books were blacklisted by the Nazis"

rusticate collapse: lend a rustic character to; "rusticate the house in the country"; give (stone) a rustic look; send to the country; "He was rusticated for his bad behavior"; live in the country and lead a rustic life

banish collapse: drive away; "banish bad thoughts"; "banish gloom"; expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his own country"; expel from a community or group; ban from a place of residence, as for punishment

forbid collapse: command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"

prevent collapse: prevent from doing something or being in a certain state; "We must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "His snoring kept me from falling asleep"; "Keep the child from eating the marbles"; keep from happening or arising; make impossible; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project"

relegate collapse: assign to a class or kind; "How should algae be classified?"; "People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms"; refer to another person for decision or judgment; "She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues"

extradite collapse: hand over to the authorities of another country; "They extradited the fugitive to his native country so he could be tried there"

veto collapse: a vote that blocks a decision; the power or right to prohibit or reject a proposed or intended act (especially the power of a chief executive to reject a bill passed by the legislature); vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent; "The President vetoed the bill"

ostracize collapse: avoid speaking to or dealing with; "Ever since I spoke up, my colleagues ostracize me"

debar collapse: prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"

excommunicate collapse: exclude from a church or a religious community; "The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner"; oust or exclude from a group or membership by decree

rule out collapse: dismiss from consideration or a contest; "John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"; "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration"; include or exclude by determining judicially or in agreement with rules

convict collapse: a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison; a person who has been convicted of a criminal offence; find or declare guilty; "The man was convicted of fraud and sentenced"

expatriate collapse: move away from one's native country and adopt a new residence abroad; expel from a country; "The poet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting the government's actions"

embargo collapse: a government order imposing a trade barrier; prevent commerce; "The U.S. embargoes Libya"; ban the publication of (documents), as for security or copyright reasons; "embargoed publications"

denounce collapse: speak out against; "He denounced the Nazis"; give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"; announce the termination of, as of treaties

interdict collapse: a court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity; an ecclesiastical censure by the Roman Catholic Church withdrawing certain sacraments and Christian burial from a person or all persons in a particular district; destroy by firepower, such as an enemy's line of communication

boycott collapse: a group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies; refuse to sponsor; refuse to do business with

inhibit collapse: limit the range or extent of; "Contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs"

condemn collapse: declare or judge unfit; "The building was condemned by the inspector"; express strong disapproval of; "We condemn the racism in South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated"; demonstrate the guilt of (someone); "Her strange behavior condemned her"; compel or force into a particular state or activity; "His devotion to his sick wife condemned him to a lonely existence"

taboo collapse: an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion; a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature; forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands; declare as sacred and forbidden

deny collapse: declare untrue; contradict; "He denied the allegations"; "She denied that she had taken money"; refuse to accept or believe; "He denied his fatal illness"; refuse to recognize or acknowledge; "Peter denied Jesus"; refuse to let have; "She denies me every pleasure"; "he denies her her weekly allowance"; deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure; "She denied herself wine and spirits"; refuse to grant, as of a petition or request; "The dean denied the students' request for more physics courses"; "the prisoners were denied the right to exercise for more than 2 hours a day"

exile collapse: the act of expelling a person from their native land; "men in exile dream of hope"; "his deportation to a penal colony"; "the expatriation of wealthy farmers"; "the sentence was one of transportation for life"; expelled from home or country by authority; voluntarily absent from home or country

repress collapse: put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"

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