freeze out of

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パリ郊外にあるテーマパーク，「ディズニーランド・パリ」のホテルで銃2丁を所持している男性が逮捕されました。また，男はイスラム教の聖典であるコーランを所持していたようです。

Disneyland Paris: Man arrested carrying two guns

French police have arrested a man carrying two guns at an entrance to a hotel at Disneyland Paris.

The man, reportedly aged 28 and not known to security services, was also discovered with a copy of the Koran and a box of ammunition, police said.

His bag triggered metal detectors as he entered the New York Hotel at the much-visited theme park
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In July, the EU began an inquiry into the theme park, following accusations that UK and German customers were frozen out of certain promotions.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35431086

取り上げる表現は “freeze out of”です。『ジーニアス英和辞典第4版』（大修館書店）では「〈人〉を〔…から〕(冷遇・策略などで)締め[追い]出すか」とあり，LDOCEではphrasal verbとして “to deliberately prevent someone from being involved in something, by making it difficult for them, being unkind to them etc”と定義されていました。（Inaho）