BLACKLIST

blacklist, black book, shitlist

(noun) a list of people who are out of favor

blacklist

(verb) put on a blacklist so as to banish or cause to be boycotted; “many books were blacklisted by the Nazis”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

blacklist (plural blacklists)

(legal) A list or set of people or entities to be shunned or banned.

Synonyms

• blocklist

Antonyms

• greylist

• whitelist

Verb

blacklist (third-person singular simple present blacklists, present participle blacklisting, simple past and past participle blacklisted)

(transitive) To place on a blacklist; to mark a person or entity as one to be shunned or banned.

Synonyms

• blackball, send to Coventry; see also ignore or boycott

Anagrams

• stickball

Source: Wiktionary


Black"list`, v. t.

Definition: To put in a black list as deserving of suspicion, censure, or punishment; esp. to put in a list of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, -- as tradesmen and employers do for mutual protection; as, to blacklist a workman who has been discharged. See Black list, under Black, a. If you blacklist us, we will boycott you. John Swinton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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