import vs ostracize

import

verb
  • To be incumbent on (someone to do something). 

  • To mean, signify. 

  • To be important; to be significant; to be of consequence. 

  • To load a file into a software application from another version or system. 

  • To bring (something) in from a foreign country, especially for sale or trade. 

  • To be important or crucial to (that something happen). 

  • To be of importance to (someone or something). 

noun
  • Significance, importance. 

  • The practice of importing. 

  • Something brought in from an exterior source, especially for sale or trade. 

  • A foreigner playing in a sports league. 

ostracize

verb
  • To exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence; to refuse to associate with or talk to; to shun. 

  • To ban a person from a city for five or ten years through the procedure of ostracism. 

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