blacklist

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noun

black·​list ˈblak-ˌlist How to pronounce blacklist (audio)
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: 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

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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.
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Noun
It’s publicly traded, not known to be on any US blacklists and their subsidiary Hutchinson Ports is one of the world’s largest port operators, overseeing 53 ports in 24 countries, including for other US allies such as the UK, Australia and Canada. Patrick Oppmann, CNN, 31 Jan. 2025 Four days later, the island’s government was again on the U.S. blacklist. Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2025
Verb
The book won a literary award in China for historical realism; the next year the authorities blacklisted it. John Ruwitch, NPR, 24 Jan. 2025 Financial sanctions have further curtailed access to foreign currency, with Gazprombank, the last major state bank linked to the SWIFT system, blacklisted alongside 50 other trade-reliant banks in November. Katya Soldak, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for blacklist 

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1624, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1702, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of blacklist was in 1624

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“Blacklist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blacklist. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.

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blacklist

noun
black·​list
ˈblak-ˌlist
: a list of persons who are disapproved of and are to be punished
blacklist verb
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