Blackball - Definition

n 1: the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto
[syn: barring, blackball]
v 1: expel from a community or group [syn: banish, ban,
ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball]
2: vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent; "The
President vetoed the bill" [syn: veto, blackball,
negative]