blacklist

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noun

black·​list ˈblak-ˌlist How to pronounce blacklist (audio)
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: 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

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verb

blacklisted; blacklisting; blacklists

transitive verb

: to put on a blacklist
blacklister noun

Examples of blacklist in a Sentence

Noun He's on the FBI's blacklist. The rental company has created a blacklist of bad drivers.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Last year Biren was added to a U.S. blacklist known as the Entity List, which restricts its access to certain American technology. Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2024 And he’s voted multiple times to criminalize private firearms transfers while supporting government blacklists. Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 10 Sep. 2024
Verb
Because evictions in the U.S. are disproportionately filed against Black and Latina women and households with children, tenant screening practices that blacklist applicants based on eviction records perpetuate housing discrimination by preventing these groups from accessing future housing. Alexa Eisenberg, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2024 More than 370 companies have been blacklisted by labor bureaus across the country since the list was published in 2017. Samra Zulfaqar, CNN, 31 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for blacklist 

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Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1624, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1702, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of blacklist was in 1624

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“Blacklist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blacklist. Accessed 12 Oct. 2024.

Kids Definition

blacklist

noun
black·​list
ˈblak-ˌlist
: a list of persons who are disapproved of and are to be punished
blacklist verb
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