In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
STIGMATISE
stigmatize, stigmatise
(verb) mark with a stigma or stigmata; “They wanted to stigmatize the adulteress”
stigmatize, stigmatise, brand, denounce, mark
(verb) to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful; “He denounced the government action”; “She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
stigmatise (third-person singular simple present stigmatises, present participle stigmatising, simple past and past participle stigmatised)
Non-Oxford British standard spelling of stigmatize.
Source: Wiktionary
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COVERT
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
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