What does blacklist mean?

Definitions for blacklist
ˈblækˌlɪstblack·list

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. blacklist, black book, shitlistverb

    a list of people who are out of favor

  2. blacklistverb

    put on a blacklist so as to banish or cause to be boycotted

    "many books were blacklisted by the Nazis"

Wiktionary

  1. blacklistnoun

    A list or collection of people or entities to be shunned or banned.

    The software included a lengthy blacklist of disreputable websites to block.

  2. blacklistverb

    To place on a blacklist; to mark a person or entity as one to be shunned or banned.

    You can blacklist known spammers with that button.

Wikipedia

  1. blacklist

    Blacklisting is the action of a group or authority compiling a blacklist (or black list) of people, countries or other entities to be avoided or distrusted as being deemed unacceptable to those making the list; if people are on a blacklist, then they are considered to have done something wrong, or they are considered to be untrustworthy. As a verb, blacklist can mean to put an individual or entity on such a list.

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  1. blacklist

    A blacklist is a list or register of entities, individuals, organizations or products that, for one reason or another, are being denied certain privileges, services, access, or recognition. These entities are usually disapproved of, distrusted, or avoided due to previous actions, unethical practices, or questionable conducts, and the rules of inclusion in the list are usually clearly defined. The term originates from the historical practice of maintaining a list of individuals deemed as undesirable or untrustworthy.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Blacklistverb

    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

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of blacklist in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of blacklist in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of blacklist in a Sentence

  1. Prime Minister Kenny Anthony:

    The report confirms that `the blacklist or death lists' referenced by the media, human rights organizations, victims' families and citizens alike did exist.

  2. Saeed Ghasseminejad:

    To limit such an operation, Washingtons best tool is to limit Irans revenue in general, something that the Trump administration has done. The second step is to blacklist the vast network of the IRGCs business empire and more importantly the people who run that network, [But] the moment the U.S. lifts the sanctions and Tehran gets billions of dollars and wide access to the international financial system, the IRGC one way or another will get its share to fund terrorism.

  3. Mohamad Fuzi:

    As the presence of these foreigners constitute a security risk, all suspects have been deported to their native country and... recommendations have been made to blacklist them from entering Malaysia for life.

  4. Khin Shwe:

    If they keep the sanctions on the people, who will they form joint ventures with when they come in? the investors can't come and negotiate with a street vendor over business. They have to remove us from the blacklist.

  5. Houlin Zhao:

    I would encourage Huawei to be given equal opportunities to bid for business, and during the operational process, if you find anything wrong, then you can charge them and accuse them, but if we don't have anything then to put them on the blacklist – I think this is not fair.

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