marginalise
- v relegate to a lower or outer edge, as of specific groups of people
- It has allowed them to marginalise their detractors, deprive them of a language in which to voice their critique and dismiss them as being 'anti-progress', 'anti-development .
- It makes no mention of the Dalai Lama China wants to marginalise him or the recent unrest in Tibet, which it chooses to portray as the work of a few agents provocateurs.