ghet·to·ize verb (also ghettoise British English) /ˈɡetəʊaɪz $ -toʊ-/ [transitiveT]
1.PGSSRto force people to live in a ghetto 强迫…居住在聚居区[贫民区]
2.SSRTOWNto make part of a town become a ghetto 使成为聚居区[贫民区]
Examples from the Corpus
ghettoize• In the north part of the city, the neighborhoods were becoming ghettoized.• Ellen accused Bernard of being anti-feminist, and attempting to ghettoizeethnicminorities; he accused her of racism and white elitism.• Blacks coming from the South were ghettoized in high-rise housing projects.