The meaning of Blackballed

verb

Officially or legally prohibit (something).

Usage examples:

Parking is banned around the harbour in summer

noun

An official or legal prohibition.

Usage examples:

A proposed ban on cigarette advertising

noun

A monetary unit of romania, equal to one hundredth of a leu.

Usage examples:

If you want milk you have to ask for it and it costs extra (often 50 bani or 5000 old lei) and is u…

noun

A long rigid piece of wood, metal, or similar material, typically used as an obstruction, fastening, or weapon.

Usage examples:

An iron bar

verb

Fasten (something, especially a door or window) with a bar or bars.

Usage examples:

She bolted and barred the door

preposition

Except for.

Usage examples:

His kids were all gone now, bar one

noun

A list of people or things that are regarded as unacceptable or untrustworthy and should be excluded or avoided.

Usage examples:

He was placed on a blacklist which meant he was unable to get credit

verb

Put on a blacklist.

Usage examples:

Workers were blacklisted after being quoted in the newspaper

verb

To put someone’s name on a list of people who are considered not acceptable, which keeps the person from getting jobs, going certain places, or doing particular things

Usage examples:

The industry blacklisted him for exposing its corruption., the blacklist destroyed his career.

verb

Withdraw from commercial or social relations with (a country, organization, or person) as a punishment or protest.

Usage examples:

We will boycott all banks which take part in the loans scheme

noun

A punitive ban on relations with other bodies, cooperation with a policy, or the handling of goods.

Usage examples:

A boycott of the negotiations

verb

To refuse to buy a product or take part in an activity as a way of expressing strong disapproval

Usage examples:

The union called on its members to boycott the meeting., she organized an economic boycott of the c…

noun

A person handling payments and receipts in a shop, bank, or business.

Usage examples:

For much of the last fifty years the country's banks have operated as cashiers for often insolvent …

verb

Dismiss (someone) from the armed forces in disgrace because of a serious misdemeanour.

Usage examples:

He was found guilty and cashiered

noun

A person responsible for receiving payments for goods

verb

Exclude or prohibit (someone) officially from doing something.

Usage examples:

First-round candidates were debarred from standing

verb

To stop someone from doing something by law or by official agreement

Usage examples:

He was debarred from the club for unacceptable behaviour.

verb

Deny (someone) access to a place, group, or privilege.

Usage examples:

The public were excluded from the board meeting

verb

To keep out or omit (something or someone)

Usage examples:

The advertised price excludes the sales tax., [ u ] her exclusion from the invitation list was a mi…

verb

To intentionally not include something

Usage examples:

Under the terms of the insurance policy, it is impossible to exclude liability for death or persona…

verb

Officially make (someone) leave a school or other organization.

Usage examples:

She was expelled from school

Eliminate

verb

To force someone to leave a country, organization, or school

Usage examples:

He was expelled from school for his continued bad behavior.

verb

Exclude from a society or group.

Usage examples:

She was declared a witch and ostracized by the villagers

verb

To prevent someone from being part of a group because you dislike the person or disapprove of something the person has done

Usage examples:

She was ostracized by fellow officers after bringing charges against her partner., those who refuse…

verb

Drive out or expel (someone) from a position or place.

Usage examples:

The reformists were ousted from power

verb

Dismiss as inadequate, unacceptable, or faulty.

Usage examples:

Union negotiators rejected a 1.5 per cent pay award

noun

A person or thing dismissed as inadequate or unacceptable.

Usage examples:

Some of the team's rejects have gone on to prove themselves in championships

verb

To refuse to accept, use, or believe something or someone

Usage examples:

The school rejects a third of all applicants., as a child, she had felt rejected by her mother., in…

verb

Refuse to accept; reject.

Usage examples:

She has repudiated policies associated with previous party leaders

verb

To refuse to accept or obey something or someone; reject

Usage examples:

The evidence presented at the trial has since been repudiated., the election results were a repudia…

verb

To decide that an agreement is no longer effective and that you will not do what it says you must do

Usage examples:

Repudiate a contract/agreement failure to deliver on time will entitle the buyer to repudiate the c…

verb

Persistently avoid, ignore, or reject (someone or something) through antipathy or caution.

Usage examples:

He shunned fashionable society

verb

Avoid and stay away from deliberately

verb

To avoid or refuse to accept someone or something

Usage examples:

She shunned publicity after she retired from the stage.

verb

Rebuff, ignore, or spurn disdainfully.

Usage examples:

He snubbed faculty members and students alike

noun

An act of rebuffing or ignoring someone or something.

Usage examples:

The move was a snub to the government

adjective

(of a person's nose) short and turned up at the end.

Usage examples:

Snub-nosed

verb

Reject with disdain or contempt.

Usage examples:

He spoke gruffly, as if afraid that his invitation would be spurned

noun

An act of spurning.

Usage examples:

It is a spurn of god's sovereignty, and a slight of his goodness

verb

Reject with contempt