āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
blackball
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Blackball
01
āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻŦāϞ, āĻĒā§āϰāϤā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻžāύ āĻā§āĻ
a formal vote or veto used to reject someone from joining a group
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The club 's blackball system kept membership exclusive.
āĻā§āϞāĻžāĻŦā§āϰ blackball āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻž āϏāĻĻāϏā§āϝāĻĒāĻĻāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āϰāĻžāĻāϤāĨ¤
to blackball
01
āĻŦāĻšāĻŋāώā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŦāϝāĻŧāĻāĻ āĻāϰāĻž
to exclude someone from a group
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They blackballed her from future events.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻŦāĻŋāώā§āϝāϤā§āϰ āĻāĻāύāĻž āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
02
āĻā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĒā§āϰāϤā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻžāύ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻā§āϰāĻšāĻŖā§ āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to cast a vote or take action to prevent someone's acceptance or endorsement
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Several members blackballed the proposal.
āĻāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻāύ āϏāĻĻāϏā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāϏā§āϤāĻžāĻŦāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϤā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āĻā§āύāĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
blackball
black
ball
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