black list

Idioms and Phrases

A list of persons or things considered undesirable or deserving punishment, as in Japanese beetles are on my black list of garden pests . The practice of making such lists is quite old. Notorious examples include the late 19th-century black lists of union members whom employers would not hire and the black lists of persons suspected of being Communists as a result of the hearings held by Senator Joseph R. McCarthy in the early 1950s. Today the term is also used more loosely, as in the example. [Early 1600s] Also see black book , def. 1.

Example Sentences

There is a larger reason, beyond the airlines themselves, why Lion Air and 61 other Indonesian airlines are on this black list.

From The Daily Beast

Vineberg'€™s were said by police to be Panda, Black List, or œRed Bull.

From The Daily Beast

He reportedly has been associating with a high-ranking member of the Yamaguchi-gumi who is also on the US black list.

From The Daily Beast

Plus, watch trailers for The Black List, Ironside and more.

From The Daily Beast

So far, just being me has taken me to a 250-square-foot apartment and the overdraft protection black list.

From The Daily Beast

Another rather recent addition to the black list is the house fly or typhoid fly.

From Project Gutenberg

The black list of his offences, as it is exhibited in Shakespeare, displays the ignorance and envy of a plebeian tyrant.

From Project Gutenberg

It occurred to her suddenly that he might be on the black list.

From Project Gutenberg

The administration had not been denounced, and they had their black-list for Mr. Hamilton's knife.

From Project Gutenberg

Our names may be on the black list already, and the enemy may only be waiting to catch us red-handed.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• censure
• criticism
• denunciation
• discontent
• dislike
• displeasure
• dissatisfaction
• objection