Blackball synonyms
blăk'bôl'
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To deprive of membership or rights in an organization; force to leave:
To refuse to approve; veto.
(Idiomatic) To reposition by turning, flipping, etc. in a downward direction.
To disown (a child, for example).
To force to leave a country or place by official decree; exile:
To put on a blacklist
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A concerted action by two or more individuals or entities to avoid commercial dealings with a business or to induce others to take the same action. This may include the refusal to work for the business and to purchase or distribute the company’s products. While peaceful boycotts are generally legal, boycotts that use coercion or intimidation to prevent others from dealing with the targeted business are not.
To keep away from; avoid scrupulously or consistently, often, specif., as a practice by a group against a co-worker, coreligionist, etc. who has fallen out of favor
To use a veto against.
To ostracize is to deliberately exclude or leave someone out.
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accept (related)
(Intransitive) To receive something willingly.
The exclusion of someone; blackballing
(Archaic) To curse; condemn
Checkov (related)
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bonehead (related)
dissed (related)
To prevent from entering; keep out; bar:
Find another word for blackball. In this page you can discover 24 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for blackball, like: bar, expel, negative, turn down, repudiate, banish, blacklist, boycott, shun, snub and veto.
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