blackball
black
blÃĻk
blāk
ball
bɔ:l
bawl
/blˈÃĻkbɔːl/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "blackball"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻŦāϞ, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāύ āĻ­ā§‹āϟ

a formal vote or veto used to reject someone from joining a group
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The club 's blackball system kept membership exclusive.
āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻŦ⧇āϰ blackball āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āϏāĻĻāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻĒāĻĻāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āĻšā§‡āϟāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āϰāĻžāĻ–āϤāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻšāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāϝāĻŧāĻ•āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to exclude someone from a group
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They blackballed her from future events.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āϝāϤ⧇āϰ āϘāϟāύāĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ­ā§‹āϟ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāϪ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to cast a vote or take action to prevent someone's acceptance or endorsement
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Several members blackballed the proposal.
āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ•āϜāύ āϏāĻĻāĻ¸ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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