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Antonyms for blacklist

Grammar : Verb
Spell : blak-list
Phonetic Transcription : ˈblækˌlɪst


Definition of blacklist

Origin :
  • also black-list, black list, "list of persons who have incurred suspicion," 1610s, from black (adj.), here indicative of disgrace, censure, punishment (attested from 1590s, in black book) + list (n.). Specifically of employers' list of workers considered troublesome (usually for union activity) is from 1888. As a verb, from 1718. Related: Blacklisted; blacklisting.
  • verb ban
Example sentences :
  • The discussion was as profitless as that arising from the blacklist.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) » by Various
  • He'll blacklist you in every yacht club from Bar Harbor to Miami.
  • Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day
  • It does not need to use a "blacklist" because the employers are all combined in one "person."
  • Extract from : « Ethics » by John Dewey and James Hayden Tufts
  • Commissioner Wright: "Have you any other evidence of the existence of a blacklist?"
  • Extract from : « The Pullman Boycott » by W. F. Burns
  • "I don't think you have any cause to blacklist Mr. Norcross," I said.
  • Extract from : « The Wreckers » by Francis Lynde
  • We should never have had a blacklist, etc., if that had been done.
  • Extract from : « The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II » by Burton J. Hendrick
  • Commissioner Wright: "Do labor unions ever blacklist non-union men?"
  • Extract from : « The Pullman Boycott » by W. F. Burns
  • To attain their end these associations made liberal use of the lockout, the blacklist, and armed guards and detectives.
  • Extract from : « A History of Trade Unionism in the United States » by Selig Perlman
  • Then there'd come a grand mix-up, a war or something, and a lot of princes had either lost their jobs or got on the blacklist.
  • Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford
  • So when you blacklist us with the Society, please let me know—I want to take a tri-di in technicolor of you doing it.
  • Extract from : « The Galaxy Primes » by Edward Elmer Smith

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