black·list
ˈblak-ˌlist 
1
: a list of persons who are disapproved of or are to be punished or boycotted
2
: a list of banned or excluded things of disreputable character
a domain-name blacklist
… helped the government keep marijuana on the blacklist.—
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blacklisted; blacklisting; blacklists
: to put on a blacklist
blacklister
noun
Examples of blacklist in a Sentence
Noun
He's on the FBI's blacklist.
The rental company has created a blacklist of bad drivers.
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Kathy M. Newman, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2025
The blacklist effectively ended by the early 1960s.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
Jake Kanter, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
In the meantime, the order from China’s Ministry of Commerce also blacklists US cybersecurity provider Recorded Future and BAE Systems, Inc, a US defense and aerospace company.
—PC Magazine, 10 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Resilience and silence Many look at the blacklist era as a time of capitulation by progressives in the face of repression.
—Kathy M. Newman, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2025
The blacklist effectively ended by the early 1960s.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
The Sea premiered at the Jerusalem Film Festival, which FWP has explicitly blacklisted.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
In the meantime, the order from China’s Ministry of Commerce also blacklists US cybersecurity provider Recorded Future and BAE Systems, Inc, a US defense and aerospace company.
—PC Magazine, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Blacklist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blacklist. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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