black·list
ˈblak-ˌlist 
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.—
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blacklisted; blacklisting; blacklists
: 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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Ben Smith, semafor.com, 14 Oct. 2025
One reason is that there are parallels between the blacklist era and today.
—Kathy M. Newman, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2025
David Folkenflik, NPR, 16 Oct. 2025
The Sea premiered at the Jerusalem Film Festival, which FWP has explicitly blacklisted.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Wingtech is already on a US blacklist amid broader pressure aimed at curbing Beijing’s tech advances.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 14 Oct. 2025
One reason is that there are parallels between the blacklist era and today.
—Kathy M. Newman, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
Such actions often prompted people to be pressured to recant their beliefs or face blacklisting.
—David Folkenflik, NPR, 16 Oct. 2025
The Sea premiered at the Jerusalem Film Festival, which FWP has explicitly blacklisted.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Blacklist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blacklist. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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