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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

v.

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

  • engine: Performing certain actions can result in your site being blacklisted by search engines and directories.
  • employer: Brian Higgins is a Ucatt member who has been victimized and blacklisted by the building employers.