SINCE 1828
blacklist
noun
black·list
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Definition of blacklist
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
: a list of persons who are disapproved of or are to be punished or boycotted
2
: a list of banned or excluded things of disreputable character
a domain-name blacklist … helped the government keep marijuana on the blacklist.— Cynthia Cotts
blacklist
verb
blacklisted;
blacklisting;
blacklists
Definition of blacklist (Entry 2 of 2)
: to put on a blacklist
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Noun
He's on the FBI's blacklist. The rental company has created a blacklist of bad drivers.Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
That'll have its own set of throttles and perhaps even new blacklists if further problems are detected. — Peter Bright, Ars Technica, "The Windows 10 October 2018 Update is now fully available—for “advanced” users," 18 Dec. 2018 The country’s online blacklist is constantly evolving and includes local and international news sites and advocacy groups like Reporters Without Borders, a press-freedom group, and Avaaz, an activism site. — Jared Malsin, WSJ, "Throughout Middle East, the Web Is Being Walled Off," 18 July 2018 The blacklist’s publication shed some light on a policy that has been shrouded in secrecy and confusion. — David M. Halbfinger, New York Times, "Boycott Drive Put Israel on a Blacklist. Now Israel Has One of Its Own.," 7 Jan. 2018 On Monday, the U.S. increased the pressure, adding governors who support Mr. Maduro to its sanctions blacklist. — Mengqi Sun, WSJ, "Evolving Venezuela Sanctions Pose Problems for Banks," 25 Feb. 2019 The government has no-fly blacklists and TSA PreCheck as a travel red list. — Andy Kessler, WSJ, "Big Brother Isn’t Watching You," 4 Nov. 2018 In June, the EU imposed similar sanctions on seven senior army and police officers, all of whom are on Facebook’s blacklist. — Victoria Milko, The Seattle Times, "Facebook bans Myanmar military chief, others to stop hate," 28 Aug. 2018 Almost every reputable restaurant in America maintains a blacklist of customers too odious to be seated among polite company—and the entire Trump administration should be on every last one of them. — Mari Uyehara, GQ, "Blacklist Every Last One of Them," 26 June 2018 The court said Park colluded with senior government officials to blacklist artists critical of Park’s government to deny them state assistance programs. — Time, "Ousted South Korean President Park Geun-Hye Has Been Sentenced to 24 Years in Prison," 6 Apr. 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
But the Raffs took their case to the European Union’s antitrust watchdogs, arguing that Google had deliberately blacklisted them. — Adi Robertson, The Verge, "The long, tortured quest to make Google unbiased," 6 Dec. 2018 North Korea’s Chon Ma San made four deliveries in April and June, delivering up to 74,000 barrels of fuel oil into the country’s Nampo port weeks after the U.N. blacklisted it, according to U.S. intelligence reports reviewed by the Journal. — Tom Wright, WSJ, "New Doubts Emerge About U.S.-Led Sanctions on North Korea," 16 Sep. 2018 Newsletter Sign-up France has blacklisted the Iranian intelligence unit and the two individuals domestically. — Laurence Norman, WSJ, "EU Imposes Fresh Sanctions on Iran Over Assassination Plots," 8 Jan. 2019 Wheaton was already unpopular with some members of the LGBT community for his use of a Twitter blocklist that blacklisted many trans users along with harassers and trolls. — Megan Farokhmanesh, The Verge, "Twitter rival Mastodon isn’t safe from online mobs either," 31 Aug. 2018 Their class-action lawsuit claims the government since 2008 has blacklisted thousands of applications for asylum, legal permanent residency or citizenship as national security concerns. — Mike Schneider, Fox News, "After delays, former Iraqi translator became US citizen," 31 July 2018 Their class-action lawsuit claims the government since 2008 has blacklisted thousands of applications for asylum, legal permanent residency or citizenship as national security concerns. — Mike Schneider, The Seattle Times, "After delays, former Iraqi translator will be US citizen," 23 July 2018 The Treasury has sought to dissuade companies by periodically blacklisting facilitators and warning other governments to act pre-emptively. — Ian Talley, WSJ, "U.S. Sanctions Two Airline Companies for Aiding Iran," 24 Jan. 2019 The bank, one of Russia’s largest, was targeted by the U.S. in 2014 in response to Moscow’s invasion of eastern Ukraine with bans on purchases of new debt issued by the institution, though it wasn’t blacklisted. — Ian Talley, WSJ, "Mnuchin Defends Plan to Remove Russian Aluminum Giant From Sanctions Blacklist," 10 Jan. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'blacklist.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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blacklist
noun
English Language Learners Definition of blacklist
(Entry 1 of 2)
: a list of people, organizations, etc., that are disapproved of or that are to be punished or avoided
blacklist
verbEnglish Language Learners Definition of blacklist (Entry 2 of 2)
: to say that a person, company, etc., should be avoided or not allowed to do something : to place (someone or something) on a blacklist
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