blackball
verb (used with object)
to vote against (a candidate, applicant, etc.).
had blackballed
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past perfectof blackball.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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So it was true, Marge realized: The garden club had blackballed her.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 20, 2020
In his lawsuit against the N.F.L., recently settled, Kaepernick claimed that the league had blackballed him.
From New York Times ● Oct. 3, 2019
Speaking to BBC Hardtalk's Stephen Sackur in January, Ms Judd said she believed that Mr Weinstein had "blackballed" her because she was "not frightened" of him.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2018
Hodges sued the league, claiming it had blackballed him because of his outspokenness, but his lawsuit failed.
From New York Times ● Sep. 12, 2016
It was known that Major Appleby Cartwright had blackballed him.
From Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man by Marie Conway Oemler
