blacklist
a list of persons under suspicion, disfavor, censure, etc.: His record as an anarchist put him on the government's blacklist.
a list privately exchanged among employers, containing the names of persons to be barred from employment because of untrustworthiness or for holding opinions considered undesirable.
a list drawn up by a labor union, containing the names of employers to be boycotted for unfair labor practices.
to put (a person, group, company, etc.) on a blacklist.
Origin of blacklist
1Other words for blacklist
- Compare whitelist.
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How to use blacklist in a sentence
So regulators should come together to the table and make a list of attributes that are reasonable to use for pricing decisions and some other attributes in a blacklist where they should not be used for pricing decisions.
Podcast: How pricing algorithms learn to collude | Anthony Green | October 27, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewIt’s their current behaviors, too — including violent crackdowns of protests and door-to-door manhunts for people on their blacklist.
The company said its inclusion on the blacklist will have a “major adverse impact” on advanced technology development.
The 5 biggest Chinese IPOs of 2020—and what to watch for in 2021 | Naomi Xu Elegant | December 23, 2020 | FortuneThis law would also create a blacklist prohibiting foreign entities from receiving personal data from China.
The balkanization of the cloud is bad for everyone | Amy Nordrum | December 17, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewFor example, the blacklist reserved for debt defaulters is overseen by China’s highest judicial authority, the Supreme People’s Court.
Blacklist vs. ‘redlist’: What to know about China’s new corporate social credit score | eamonbarrett | December 10, 2020 | Fortune
The blacklist does have one unqualified success this season: its extraordinary work in overhauling Keen.
The Blacklist’s Frustrating Fall: Keen’s a Keeper, but Red Regresses | Jason Lynch | November 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThat was enough to keep Miller on the Stormfront blacklist since the founding of the site in 1995.
White Nationalists Reject Kansas City Suspect Frazier Glenn Miller | Caitlin Dickson | April 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt highlights the biggest problem with The blacklist as the show barrels towards the conclusion of its debut season.
On the drama side, James Spader breaks into the Best Actor category for his bravura scenery chewing on The blacklist.
15 Golden Globe Snubs and Surprises: No Oprah, No Jon Hamm, and More | Kevin Fallon, Marlow Stern | December 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTFor an anti-defamation league to put out a blacklist is to imply that those blacklisted are in the business of defamation.
Once Again, the Anti-Defamation League Defames | Jay Michaelson | October 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTTo attain their end these associations made liberal use of the lockout, the blacklist, and armed guards and detectives.
A History of Trade Unionism in the United States | Selig PerlmanGreat Britain's regulations on the blacklist and "bunker coal" had intensified this feeling.
The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II | Burton J. HendrickBut three more girls went down on the blacklist, and the plebes' triumph was yet greater.
On Guard | Upton SinclairThe purpose of the "blacklist" was to strike at neutral firms with German affiliations which were trading with Germany.
The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II | Burton J. HendrickI saw men who felt vexed at such an act as the blacklist, but that was merely vexation, not a fundamental change of feeling.
The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II | Burton J. Hendrick
British Dictionary definitions for blacklist
/ (ˈblækˌlɪst) /
a list of persons or organizations under suspicion, or considered untrustworthy, disloyal, etc, esp one compiled by a government or an organization
(tr) to put on a blacklist
Derived forms of blacklist
- blacklisting, noun
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Cultural definitions for blacklist
Concerted action by employers to deny employment to someone suspected of unacceptable opinions or behavior. For example, individual workers suspected of favoring labor unions have often been blacklisted by all the employers in a region.
Notes for blacklist
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Other Idioms and Phrases with blacklist
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.
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