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blackball

Pronunciation: /ˈblakbɔːl/

Translate blackball | into Italian

Definition of blackball

verb

[with object]

reject (a candidate applying to become a member of a private club), typically by means of a secret ballot: her husband was blackballed when he tried to join the Country Club