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To banish a coster is dreadful (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ostracise

'to banish' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'a coster is dreadful' is the wordplay.
'dreadful' indicates an anagram.
'a'+'coster'+'is'='acosteris'
'acosteris' anagrammed gives 'OSTRACISE'.

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

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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