Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Blacklist"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Blacklist \Black"list`\, 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.
If you blacklist us, we will boycott you. --John
Swinton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
blacklist
n : a list of people who are out of favor [syn: {black book}, {shitlist}]
v : put on a blacklist so as to banish or cause to be boycotted;
"many books were blacklisted by the Nazis"
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