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.
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Noun
When the rest of the commanders eventually come to shut down New Bethlehem, Joseph Lawrence isn’t going to be the only name on their blacklist. Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2025 Women filmmakers working on British shores like Muriel Box, Wendy Toye, Margaret Tait, and Jill Craigie as well as American filmmakers exiled to the UK by the anti-Communist blacklist like Joseph Losey, Cy Endfield, and Edward Dmytryk will also feature. Zac Ntim, Deadline, 15 Apr. 2025
Verb
Huawei is blacklisted by the US and a number of allies. Will Knight, Wired News, 15 May 2025 Maybe Uber will use your case to upgrade its system, allowing future customers to modify their orders without being blacklisted. Christopher Elliot, Mercury News, 14 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for blacklist

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 25 May. 2025.

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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