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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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