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blacklist

[ blak-list ]

noun

  1. a list of persons under suspicion, disfavor, censure, etc.:

    His record as an anarchist put him on the government's blacklist.

  2. 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.
  3. a list drawn up by a labor union, containing the names of employers to be boycotted for unfair labor practices.


verb (used with object)

  1. to put (a person, group, company, etc.) on a blacklist.

    Synonyms: ostracize, shun, ban, proscribe, debar, bar, blackball

blacklist

/ ˈblækˌlɪst /

noun

  1. a list of persons or organizations under suspicion, or considered untrustworthy, disloyal, etc, esp one compiled by a government or an organization
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. tr to put on a blacklist
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

blacklist

  1. 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.


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Notes

During the McCarthy era ( see Joseph P. McCarthy ) in the 1950s, the careers of many public figures suspected of communist activities were ruined by blacklisting.
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Derived Forms

  • ˈblackˌlisting, noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of blacklist1

First recorded in 1610–20; black + list 1
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Example Sentences

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.

It’s their current behaviors, too — including violent crackdowns of protests and door-to-door manhunts for people on their blacklist.

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The company said its inclusion on the blacklist will have a “major adverse impact” on advanced technology development.

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This law would also create a blacklist prohibiting foreign entities from receiving personal data from China.

For example, the blacklist reserved for debt defaulters is overseen by China’s highest judicial authority, the Supreme People’s Court.

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The Blacklist does have one unqualified success this season: its extraordinary work in overhauling Keen.

That was enough to keep Miller on the Stormfront blacklist since the founding of the site in 1995.

It 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.

For an anti-defamation league to put out a blacklist is to imply that those blacklisted are in the business of defamation.

To attain their end these associations made liberal use of the lockout, the blacklist, and armed guards and detectives.

Great Britain's regulations on the blacklist and "bunker coal" had intensified this feeling.

But three more girls went down on the blacklist, and the plebes' triumph was yet greater.

The purpose of the "blacklist" was to strike at neutral firms with German affiliations which were trading with Germany.

I saw men who felt vexed at such an act as the blacklist, but that was merely vexation, not a fundamental change of feeling.

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