blackball
verb
[ ˈblakbɔːl ]
• 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"
Similar:
reject,
debar,
bar,
ban,
vote against,
blacklist,
exclude,
shut out,
leave out in the cold,
expel,
drum out,
oust,
cashier,
ostracize,
repudiate,
boycott,
snub,
shun,
spurn,
cold-shoulder,
give the cold shoulder to,
disfellowship,
Origin:
late 18th century: from the practice of registering an adverse vote by placing a black ball in a ballot box.
