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Boycott a cost rise that's outrageous (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ostracise

'boycott' is the definition.
('boycott'->'ostracize' is in my internal thesaurus and 'ize'->'ise')

'a cost rise that's outrageous' is the wordplay.
'that's outrageous' indicates an anagram (I've seen this in other clues).
'a'+'cost'+'rise'='acostrise'
'acostrise' with letters rearranged gives 'OSTRACISE'.

(Other definitions for ostracise that I've seen before include "I, Socrates may exclude from group" , "Socrates and I are made to exclude from society" , "Blackball, send to Coventry" , "Drive out" , "Cast out, send to Coventry" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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