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ghettoize

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ghet·to·ize  (gt-z)
tr.v. ghet·to·ized, ghet·to·iz·ing, ghet·to·iz·es
1. To set apart in or as if in a ghetto; isolate.
2. To make into or similar to a ghetto: "He left a city ghettoized and strangled by highways and the auto" (New York).
ghetto·i·zation (-zshn) n.
ghettoize, ghettoise [ˈgɛtəʊˌaɪz]
vb
(tr) to confine or restrict to a particular area, activity, or category to ghettoize women as housewives
ghettoization , ghettoisation n
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Verb1.ghettoize - put in a ghetto; "The Jews in Eastern Europe were ghettoized"
ghettoise
isolate, insulate - place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates"
Translations
ghettoize [ˈgetəʊˌaɪz] VT (fig) → marginar
ghettoize
vt → zum G(h)etto machen


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