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blacklisted - 2 dictionary results

black⋅list

[blak-list]
–noun
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.
–verb (used with object)
4. to put (a person, group, company, etc.) on a blacklist.

Origin:
1610–20; black + list 1


4. blackball, bar, debar, proscribe, ban, shun, ostracize.
black·list   (blāk'lĭst')   
n.  A list of persons or organizations that have incurred disapproval or suspicion or are to be boycotted or otherwise penalized.
tr.v.   black·list·ed, black·list·ing, black·lists
To place on or as if on a blacklist. See Synonyms at blackball.
black'list'er n.
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