blackball
verb (used with object)
to vote against (a candidate, applicant, etc.).
have blackballed
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present perfectof blackball.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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For that, the N.F.L. owners appear to have blackballed him from the league this year.
From New York Times ● Sep. 23, 2017
And finally, there are persistent rumors that some stadiums have blackballed the Raiders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2015
He would instinctively have blackballed McBane had he been proposed by some one else; with what grace could he put himself forward as the sponsor for this impossible social aspirant?
From The Marrow of Tradition by Charles W. (Charles Waddell) Chesnutt
