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Blacklist - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'Blacklist' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Blacklist [ 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.

Meaning of 'Blacklist' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . blacklist [ v]
Meaning (1):
- put on a blacklist so as to banish or cause to be boycotted
Example in sentence:
  • many books were blacklisted by the Nazis