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blacklist

black·list

blacklist

 
pronunciation:
blaek lIst
parts of speech:
noun, transitive verb
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part of speech: noun
definition: a list of persons or groups that are under suspicion, censure, or investigation, as by government, employers, or the like.
similar words:
ban, blackball, ostracism, proscription
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part of speech: transitive verb
inflections: blacklists, blacklisting, blacklisted
definition: to put (a person or group) on a blacklist.
Many writers were blacklisted for their political beliefs.
synonyms:
condemn, ostracize, proscribe
similar words:
anathematize, ban, banish, bar, blackball, boycott, censure, debar, denounce, disenfranchise, exclude, exile, isolate
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