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Shun Socrates, I fancy (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ostracise

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

'socrates i fancy' is the wordplay.
'fancy' indicates anagramming the letters.
'socrates'+'i'='socratesi'
'socratesi' anagrammed gives 'OSTRACISE'.

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

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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