blacklist

1 of 2

noun

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.

—Cynthia Cotts

blacklist

2 of 2

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.

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

The Professor Watchlist has been denounced by faculty associations as a blacklist that chills academic freedom. —Stephanie A, The Conversation, 11 Sep. 2025

Apart from reducing the probability of ad fraud, white and blacklists enable greater brand safety since ads will not be delivered within inappropriate contexts. —Roman Vrublivskyi, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025

Verb

Many organisations blacklist insecure apps while whitelisting productivity and security apps. —Mike Rosen, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025

Al-Gameya Al-Shareya was among more than 1,000 civil society groups blacklisted in the crackdown, court filings say, and chapters suspected of helping the Brotherhood during elections were dissolved. —Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1624, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1702, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for blacklist

• assist
• booklist
• checklist
• consist
• desist
• dismissed
• enlist
• exist
• insist
• oocyst
• persist
• resist

Kids Definition

blacklist

noun

black·​list

ˈblak-ˌlist

: a list of persons who are disapproved of and are to be punished

blacklist verb