blacklist Definition
black·list (-list′)
noun
a list of persons who have been censured and who are being discriminated against, refused employment, etc.
transitive verb
to put on a blacklist
blacklist Synonyms
blacklist Usage Examples
Object
- writer: Based on the novel by another left-wing blacklisted writer, Howard Fast, Spartacus is a film that examines the spirit of revolt.
- address: The service operates by blocking access to any URLs matching a list of blacklisted addresses.
- site: Google and to a lesser extent other engines are now said to be blacklisting link farm sites.
- company: For instance, in late March 1942, Lier negotiated contracts with two blacklisted Swiss munitions companies.
- server: Therefore, small businesses who've never sent spam are suddenly finding their mail servers blacklisted by large ISPs.
- number: You can also specify blacklisted phone numbers, and the program will ignore or hang up on them.
Converse of object
use: ISPâs use blacklists to block emails sent from the addresses of known spammers.
Subject
engine: Performing certain actions can result in your site being blacklisted by search engines and directories.
Adjective modifier
- own: You can also create your own spam blacklists, add known safe senders to custom whitelists and release messages mistakenly held in quarantine.
- real-time: Includes recipient whitelisting so selected recipients can bypass heuristic antispam testing and real-time blacklists NEW!
- popular: GFI MailEssentials supports popular third party blacklists such as ORDB, SpamHaus, Spamcop and also enables administrators to configure custom RBL servers.
Modifying Another Word
- not: Unlike many writers and actors who had been members of the party, Odets was not blacklisted and continued to work in Hollywood.
- even: Many were even blacklisted from getting any work outside the coal industry.
Infinitive complement
block: ISP's use blacklists to block emails sent from the addresses of known spammers.
Present participle complement
filter: Blacklist filtering works by checking the IP addresses of mail servers that attempt to send you mail.
Preposition: of
- airline: Now a comprehensive European blacklist of airlines with dubious safety standards will soon be in force across the EU.
- unionist: This was at the time of the disputes that produced the blacklists of trade unionists.
Preposition: for
event: Any competitor doing so will be blacklisted for all future events.
Preposition: by
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