banish vs flagpole

banish

verb
  • To send someone away and forbid that person from returning. 

  • To expel, especially from the mind. 

flagpole

verb
  • Exit a country momentarily and reenter. Usually this is done to satisfy immigration requirements. 

noun
  • A tall pole up which one or more flags may be raised and flown. 

How often have the words banish and flagpole occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )