blacklist Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a list of people who are out of favor
    black book; shitlist.
  2. verb put on a blacklist so as to banish or cause to be boycotted
    • many books were blacklisted by the Nazis

WordNet


Black"list` transitive verb
Definitions
  1. 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.
    If you blacklist us, we will boycott you. John Swinton.

Webster 1913