From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishblacklistblack‧list1 /ˈblæklɪst/ verb [transitive] FORBIDto put a person, country, product etc on a blacklist Many people in the industry were blacklisted for their communist sympathies.→ See Verb table
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blacklist• When she tried to get a loan she found she had been blacklisted.• Members of the Communist party were blacklisted and had great difficulty finding work.• More than 200 people in the movie industry were blacklisted during the McCarthy era.blacklistblacklist2 noun [countable] FORBIDa list of people, countries, products etc that are disapproved of, and should therefore be avoided or punished Friends of the Earth have produced a blacklist of environmentally damaging products.Examples from the Corpus
blacklist• The country wants to be removed from a blacklist of 15 countries whose banks are suspected of laundering money.• Consumer groups wished to give the Annex the status of a blacklist.• The existing blacklist of substances not to be dumped at sea would be superseded by the blanket ban.• A breakdown of the trades involved in the faults appears to show bricklayers at the top of the blacklist.• They are on the blacklist of companies that pollute the environment.• I thought the blacklist would have lost its sting with the collapse of the price of oil.From Longman Business Dictionaryblacklistblack‧list /ˈblækˌlɪst/ noun [countable] a list of people, organizations, or countries that are disapproved of and that people avoid doing business with, for example because they are dishonestThe companies had been placed on the blacklist after being accused of offering kickbacks to win a contract. —blacklist verb [transitive]The company’s near-monopoly of television has enabled it to blacklist artists who deal with its rivals. 