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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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025
The development of newer blacklist sites clearly reflects a refinement of the use of internet and social media to criminalize support for Palestine.
—Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
In a case before the Supreme Court last year, the justices unanimously found that the gun group’s First Amendment rights were violated when New York state officials coerced private companies into blacklisting it.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2025
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Noun
The stuntman son of the man who Nissa Diederich took over from at 20th Television last year is suing the EVP and the Walt Disney Company for retaliation and scheming to put him on a career-killing blacklist.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025
The development of newer blacklist sites clearly reflects a refinement of the use of internet and social media to criminalize support for Palestine.
—Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
To be sure, blacklisting as a strategy to silence support for Palestinian freedom did not begin with Canary Mission.
—Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
In a case before the Supreme Court last year, the justices unanimously found that the gun group’s First Amendment rights were violated when New York state officials coerced private companies into blacklisting it.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Blacklist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blacklist. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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