Thesaurus: blacklist

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1. v. t. To put in a black list as deserving of suspicion, censure, or punishment; esp. to put in a list of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, -- as tradesmen and employers do for mutual protection; as, to blacklist a workman who has been discharged. See Black list, under Black, a.
2. n. a list of people who are out of favor
3. v. put on a blacklist so as to banish or cause to be boycotted
4. To put in a black list as deserving of suspicion, censure, or punishment; esp. to put in a list of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, -- as tradesmen and employers do for mutual protection; as, to blacklist a workman who has been discharged. See Black list, under Black, a. If you blacklist us, we will boycott you. John Swinton.
5. To put in a black list as deserving of suspicion, censure, orpunishment; esp. to put in a list of persons stigmatized as insolventor untrustworthy, -- as tradesmen and employers do for mutualprotection; as, to blacklist a workman who has been discharged. SeeBlack list, under Black, a.If you blacklist us, we will boycott you. John Swinton.
6. n:49/v:51 n. a list of people who are out of favor v. put on a blacklist so as to banish or cause to be boycotted