Exclude dark table (9)
I believe the answer is:
blacklist
'exclude' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with social activities as well as being verbs in their base form.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'dark table' is the wordplay.
'dark' becomes 'black' (synonyms).
'table' becomes 'list' ().
'black'+'list'='BLACKLIST'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for blacklist that I've seen before include "Boycott" , "Proscribe" , "Names of those banned, distrusted" , "(Put on a) roll of people considered untrustworthy" .)