Blacklist - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Blacklist :  (noun)

1: a list of people who are out of favor [syn: black book, shitlist] (verb)

1: put on a blacklist so as to banish or cause to be boycotted; "many books were blacklisted by the Nazis"

Based on WordNet 2.0

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.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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