Definitions of Coventry:

• noun:   an industrial city in central England; devastated by air raids during World War II; remembered as the home of Lady Godiva in the 11th century
• noun:   the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent)

  Example: "The association should get rid of its elderly members--not by euthanasia, of course, but by Coventry"

• name:  A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #41052)