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Nov 30, 2009
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black•list



Pronunciation: (blak'list"), [key]
—n.
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.

—v.t.
to put (a person, group, company, etc.) on a blacklist.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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