blacklist

blacklist
/blak"list'/, n.
1. a list of persons under suspicion, disfavor, censure, etc.: His record as an anarchist put him on the government's blacklist.
2. a list privately exchanged among employers, containing the names of persons to be barred from employment because of untrustworthiness or for holding opinions considered undesirable.
3. a list drawn up by a labor union, containing the names of employers to be boycotted for unfair labor practices.
v.t.
4. to put (a person, group, company, etc.) on a blacklist.
[1610-20; BLACK + LIST1]
Syn. 4. blackball, bar, debar, proscribe, ban, shun, ostracize.

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