prejudice against



prejudice someone or something against someone or something

to turn someone or a group against someone or something. I believe that the lawyer was trying to prejudice the jury against the defendant. The discussion about how calves are raised prejudiced me against eating veal.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
BronteBRAHN-teeEnglish (Rare)
Wolodymyr-Ukrainian
Marisamah-REE-zah (Italian), mah-REE-sah (Spanish), mə-RIS-ə (English)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English
Fortunatus-Late Roman
Pruett['pru:ət]
SophoclesSAHF-u-kleez (English)Ancient Greek (Latinized)