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stigmatiser

/stiɡ.ma.ti.ze/

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verb/stiɡ.ma.ti.ze/

to stigmatize (to mark with a permanent identity mark branded, cut or tattooed onto the skin); to blame, to criticize

“On stigmatisait autrefois les esclaves fugitifs.”

From Medieval Latin stigmatizō, from Byzantine Greek στιγματίζω (stigmatízō). By surface analysis, stigmate + -iser.