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.
Recent Examples on the WebOlivia Wang, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2024
The United States has placed NSO on a Commerce Department blacklist prohibiting U.S. companies from doing business with it because its tools run counter to U.S. interests.
—Joseph Menn, Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2024
The firm, which at one point was battling for survival after being placed on a U.S. blacklist in 2019, recorded nearly $100 billion in revenue last year.
—Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 23 Feb. 2024
Many of those cameras are powered by facial recognition technology to identify individuals on police blacklists.
—Mary Hui, Quartz, 21 Feb. 2024
The department recently added Mr. Dudin, Mr. Al-Shawa and others to the financial blacklist.
—Justin Scheck, New York Times, 16 Dec. 2023
Huawei was added to a blacklist in May 2019 by the US Commerce Department over national security concerns.
—Laura He, CNN, 7 Sep. 2023
Anyone who had ever belonged to a union was placed on a blacklist that was distributed among lumber companies.
—Michael Waters, The New Yorker, 4 Jan. 2024
Huawei launched HarmonyOS in 2019, months after the Trump administration put the Chinese tech company on a U.S. trade blacklist.
—Alan Murray, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2024
Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2024
During the early days of the regime, journalists critical of the military and of Mr. Khan’s government were taken off air and blacklisted.
—Hasan Ali, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Mar. 2024
In April 2023, leaked documents revealed that Iran had established a secret committee to blacklist and target artists for backing street protests.
—Suzanne Nossel, Foreign Affairs, 29 Feb. 2024
The United States has blacklisted Megvii for its use in surveillance of the Uyghurs in China’s western Xinjiang region.
—Erin Griffith, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2024
Several artists said many individuals who have had bad experiences with Wide Open Walls have stayed silent due to the fear of getting blacklisted.
—Emma Hall, Sacramento Bee, 13 Feb. 2024
Both tech firms have been blacklisted by the U.S. for alleged links to the Chinese military, while Washington has been tightening China’s overall access to chipmaking equipment and advanced semiconductors.
—Cagan Koc, Fortune Asia, 8 Mar. 2024
Fox News eagerly propped up DeSantis post-2020, all while effectively blacklisting Trump for a time.
—Oliver Darcy, CNN, 7 Mar. 2024
Within days of the initial Russian attacks on Kyiv, the U.S. and its European allies cut links between Russian banks and the global financial system, blocked the country’s access to advanced technologies and blacklisted the oligarchs who backed Putin’s rule.
—David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2024
Noun
The institute was placed on a trade blacklist in 2020, accused of complicity in abuses against ethnic minorities in China like the Uyghurs.
—Olivia Wang, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2024
The United States has placed NSO on a Commerce Department blacklist prohibiting U.S. companies from doing business with it because its tools run counter to U.S. interests.
—Joseph Menn, Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2024
The firm, which at one point was battling for survival after being placed on a U.S. blacklist in 2019, recorded nearly $100 billion in revenue last year.
—Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 23 Feb. 2024
Many of those cameras are powered by facial recognition technology to identify individuals on police blacklists.
—Mary Hui, Quartz, 21 Feb. 2024
The department recently added Mr. Dudin, Mr. Al-Shawa and others to the financial blacklist.
—Justin Scheck, New York Times, 16 Dec. 2023
Huawei was added to a blacklist in May 2019 by the US Commerce Department over national security concerns.
—Laura He, CNN, 7 Sep. 2023
Anyone who had ever belonged to a union was placed on a blacklist that was distributed among lumber companies.
—Michael Waters, The New Yorker, 4 Jan. 2024
Huawei launched HarmonyOS in 2019, months after the Trump administration put the Chinese tech company on a U.S. trade blacklist.
—Alan Murray, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2024
Verb
Because of this, some Cybertruck owners have been able to turn a big profit on rare early-production examples (Tesla has threatened to blacklist flippers in an attempt to quell the market).
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2024
During the early days of the regime, journalists critical of the military and of Mr. Khan’s government were taken off air and blacklisted.
—Hasan Ali, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Mar. 2024
In April 2023, leaked documents revealed that Iran had established a secret committee to blacklist and target artists for backing street protests.
—Suzanne Nossel, Foreign Affairs, 29 Feb. 2024
The United States has blacklisted Megvii for its use in surveillance of the Uyghurs in China’s western Xinjiang region.
—Erin Griffith, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2024
Several artists said many individuals who have had bad experiences with Wide Open Walls have stayed silent due to the fear of getting blacklisted.
—Emma Hall, Sacramento Bee, 13 Feb. 2024
Both tech firms have been blacklisted by the U.S. for alleged links to the Chinese military, while Washington has been tightening China’s overall access to chipmaking equipment and advanced semiconductors.
—Cagan Koc, Fortune Asia, 8 Mar. 2024
Fox News eagerly propped up DeSantis post-2020, all while effectively blacklisting Trump for a time.
—Oliver Darcy, CNN, 7 Mar. 2024
Within days of the initial Russian attacks on Kyiv, the U.S. and its European allies cut links between Russian banks and the global financial system, blocked the country’s access to advanced technologies and blacklisted the oligarchs who backed Putin’s rule.
—David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2024
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ˈblak-ˌlist
: a list of persons who are disapproved of and are to be punished
blacklist
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