"black-book" meaning in English

See black-book in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: black-books [present, singular, third-person], black-booking [participle, present], black-booked [participle, past], black-booked [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|black-books|black-booking|black-booked|black-booked}} black-book (third-person singular simple present black-books, present participle black-booking, simple past and past participle black-booked)
  1. (informal, transitive) To censure (someone); to enter someone's name in a black book; to blacklist someone. Tags: informal, transitive
    Sense id: en-black-book-en-verb-uEX~K0gk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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