Meaning of blacklist in English

Examples of “blacklist”

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If the amendments were agreed to, one of the two possible offences in connection with blacklists would be removed.
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I speak from personal experience, as coming from a family that was blacklisted for six months at a time.
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Today, we find that no fewer than 598 of the schools that were blacklisted then are still in use.
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There have also been allegations of blacklists of employment tribunal applicants, which may be checked by certain unsavoury organisations before recommending staff for recruitment.
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However, we believe that there is another side to the coin: it is the process that the unions call "blacking", which is short for blacklisted.
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In the past, some people were blacklisted; despite the law, they did not become 123 inspectors because they had no union protection.
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The premises will be struck off the list, and the staff, if they are found breaking the rules, will be blacklisted.
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In the rural areas of the county there are still blacklisted schools.
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We have been told that many more millions are to be spent on the blacklisted schools.
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Many of them are still on the dole as a result of being blacklisted.
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In time there arose a thriving business: the black market for blacklisted goods.
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Despite being blacklisted or losing their membership, under current legislation such people could still travel abroad or to domestic matches to support the club.
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We would not need blacklists any more; employers would have a national register of union members.
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There can be no place, in the last year of the century, for people being blacklisted for trade union membership.
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They would remove the offence of compilation of blacklists, for which there are at least three reasons.
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