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black·list
 blacklist
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- pronunciation:
- blaek
lIst
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb)
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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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| related words: |
ostracize |
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