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blacklist

/ˈblæklɪst/noun

उच्चारण ब्लैक्लिस्ट

काली सूची, ब्लैकलिस्ट

Core word

noun
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    [C]

    a list of the names of people, companies, products or countries that an organization or a government considers unacceptable and that must be avoided

    काली सूची, ब्लैकलिस्ट

    • The company was put on a government blacklist for supplying poor-quality goods.
    • a blacklist of illegal websites
    • The airline kept a blacklist of passengers who had caused trouble.
    + 2 more examples
    • His name was on a blacklist, so he could not get a licence.
    • The government published a blacklist of unsafe apps.
verb
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    [T] ~ sb/sth

    to put the name of a person, a company, a product or a country on a blacklist

    काली सूची में डालना, ब्लैकलिस्ट करना

    • The contractor was blacklisted after the bridge collapsed.
    • Several firms were blacklisted for fraud.
    • The bank blacklisted the company for failing to pay its loans.
    + 2 more examples
    • Schools blacklisted the publisher for printing errors.
    • He feared that he would be blacklisted if he complained.

    Synonyms ban boycott exclude bar

§Structures (grammar patterns) 4

blacklist sb / sth (verb)

Use the verb with a direct object when an authority officially bars a person, firm or product.

जब कोई प्राधिकरण किसी व्यक्ति, कंपनी या उत्पाद पर आधिकारिक रोक लगाए, तब verb के बाद सीधे object आता है।

  • The board blacklisted the contractor for poor work.
  • Several websites were blacklisted by the ministry.

be blacklisted by / from

The passive uses 'by' for who bans and 'from' for what the person is banned from.

Passive में रोकने वाले के लिए 'by' और जिससे रोका गया उसके लिए 'from' आता है।

  • The firm was blacklisted by the government.
  • He was blacklisted from all future tenders.

a blacklist of sb / sth (noun)

As a noun it is countable and takes 'of' for the contents.

Noun के रूप में यह countable है और विषय-वस्तु के लिए 'of' लेता है।

  • The bank keeps a blacklist of defaulters.

on the blacklist / put sb on a blacklist

Use 'on' for the list that holds a name.

जिस सूची में नाम हो, उसके लिए 'on' आता है।

  • His name was put on the blacklist after the scandal.
+Collocations 4

verb + blacklist

draw uppublishput sb onremove sb fromappear on

  • The airline drew up a blacklist of unruly passengers.

adverb + blacklisted

officiallypermanentlyunfairlytemporarilywrongly

  • The company was permanently blacklisted.

type of blacklist

a bank blacklista government blacklista credit blacklista travel blacklist

  • A credit blacklist can stop you getting a loan.

blacklist + noun

statusentrycontractorsupplier

  • The blacklist status was lifted after two years.
“More examples 6
  • The university blacklisted the agency for sending fake documents.

विश्वविद्यालय ने नकली दस्तावेज़ भेजने के कारण एजेंसी को काली सूची में डाल दिया।

  • Radhika's brother was afraid that a single default would blacklist him.

राधिका के भाई को डर था कि एक चूक भी उसे काली सूची में डलवा देगी।

  • The railway published a blacklist of unlicensed vendors.

रेलवे ने बिना लाइसेंस वाले विक्रेताओं की काली सूची प्रकाशित की।

  • After the exam leak, three printing presses were blacklisted.

परीक्षा के प्रश्नपत्र लीक होने के बाद तीन छापाखाने काली सूची में डाल दिए गए।

  • The country was on a blacklist of tax havens.

यह देश कर-स्वर्गों की काली सूची में था।

  • She feared that one wrong entry would put her name on a blacklist.

उसे डर था कि एक गलत प्रविष्टि उसका नाम काली सूची में डलवा देगी।

!Common mistakes 2

✗ The firm was blacklisted to work with the government.

✓ The firm was blacklisted from working with the government.

Use 'from + -ing' for what a person is banned from doing.

किसी काम से रोके जाने के लिए 'from + -ing' आता है।

✗ They blacklisted the company by the tender.

✓ They blacklisted the company from the tender.

'From' shows what the company is excluded from.

'From' से पता चलता है कि कंपनी को किससे बाहर किया गया।