Definition
A list of people or things considered dangerous, undesirable, or untrustworthy and therefore excluded or banned from something.
Etymology
From 'black' (associated with evil/punishment in European symbolism) + 'list.' The term became prominent in the 1600s for lists of people to be punished, darkening in meaning during McCarthyism.
Kelly Says
The blacklist has a disturbing history: the 1950s Hollywood blacklist destroyed careers over suspected communism without evidence, reminding us how quickly lists shift from tools to weapons of oppression.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
ሰይጣን እና ነገር
say-tan en-a ne-ger
ARالعربية
قائمة سوداء
qa-i-mat su-da-a
BNবাংলা
কালো তালিকা
ka-lo ta-li-ka
CACatalà
llista negra
lis-ta ne-gra
CSČeština
černá seznam
cher-na se-zam
DADansk
sortliste
sort-lis-te
DEDeutsch
Schwarze Liste
shvar-tse lis-te
ELΕλληνικά
μαύρη λίστα
mavri li-sta
ESEspañol
lista negra
li-sta ne-gra
FAفارسی
لیست سیاه
list siyah
FISuomi
musta lista
musta lis-ta
FRFrançais
liste noire
list no-ir
HAHA
kakan goro
ka-kan go-ro
HEעברית
רשימה שחורה
re-shi-ma sha-chora
HIहिन्दी
काली सूची
ka-li soo-chi
HUMagyar
fekete lista
fe-kete lis-ta
IDBahasa Indonesia
daftar hitam
daf-tar hi-tam
IGIG
nwoke ojii
n-wo-ke o-ji-i
ITItaliano
lista nera
li-sta ne-ra
JA日本語
ブラックリスト
burakku risuto
KMKM
ប្រព័ន្ធខ្មោច
pra-pov-an kh-mo-ach
KO한국어
블랙리스트
beul-laek-keu-ri-seu-t
MSBahasa Melayu
daftar hitam
daf-tar hi-tam
MYမြန်မာ
ရှမ်းလူမျိုး
ya-shan loo-myo
NLNederlands
zwarte lijst
tswarte list
NONorsk
sortliste
sort-lis-te
PAPA
ਕਾਲਾ ਪੈਰ
ka-la pai-r
PLPolski
lista czarna
li-sta tschwar-na
PTPortuguês
lista negra
li-sta ne-gra
RORomână
listă neagră
lis-ta ne-ag-ră
RUРусский
черный список
cher-nyy spis-ok
SVSvenska
svartlista
svart-li-sta
SWKiswahili
orodha nyeusi
ro-do-ha nyeu-si
TAதமிழ்
கருப்பு பட்டியல்
karu-ppu pat-ti-yal
TEతెలుగు
కాలి పట్టిక
ka-li pat-ti-ka
THไทย
รายชื่อดำ
rai-cheu dam
TLTL
itim na talaan
ma-ti-im na ta-laan
TRTürkçe
siyah liste
si-yah lis-te
UKУкраїнська
чорний список
chor-nyi spis-ok
URاردو
سیاہ فہرست
see-ah feh-rist
VITiếng Việt
danh sách đen
danh sach den