blackball
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noun
A rejection; a vote against admitting someone.
noun
A black ball used to indicate such a negative vote.
"Regardless how many other people may have voted to approve a candidate for membership, a single blackball will reject the candidate."
noun
A kind of large black sweet; a niggerball.
noun
A substance for blacking shoes, boots, etc. or for taking impressions of engraved work.
verb
To vote against, especially in an exclusive organization.
"If you're not from a moneyed, well-connected family, you can count on getting blackballed from the fraternity."
verb
To ostracize.