(to) blackball

French translation: écarter

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00:55 Mar 22, 2021

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English term or phrase: (to) blackball

Definition from American Heritage Dictionary:
To shut out from social or commercial participation; ostracize or boycott.

Example sentence(s):

The mother says she will continue to post on her OnlyFans and seeks to enroll her kids in another Catholic school, one that’s less “judgmental.” She is only concerned the family may be blackballed from the diocese in Sacramento entirely. WWNYTV
The New York Yankees have enough holding them back each and every year. The media rides them like no other team. They’ve dealt with countless devastating injuries, untimely postseason performances, and getting blackballed on the trade market. Fansided
In interviews with more than 40 tradeswomen, most said they had been mistreated because of their sex. They spoke of men grabbing and groping women with impunity, of women being told to go home and work in the kitchen, of being given the most dangerous jobs and the jobs that kept them from learning valuable skills necessary for their careers. The uniformity of some of the stories of abuse was striking: Women who did speak up said they’d had their tools stolen or destroyed, that they been denied dispatches to jobs by their union, or that they’d been blackballed across their trade. USA Today

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French translation:écarter

Definition:
Évincer quelqu'un, l'exclure : Écarter quelqu'un de la vie politique.

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Sylvie LE BRAS
France

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4 +3

écarter

Sylvie LE BRAS

blacklisté

Bruno Carlier

5 -1

blackbouler

Martin Dufresne

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2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

blackbouler

Definition from CNRTL:
Fam. [L'obj. désigne une pers.] Évincer par un vote en mettant une boule noire dans l'urne; p. ext., rejeter une candidature à un cercle ou à un club; infliger un échec à quelqu'un lors d'un examen, dans des élections, etc.
P. ext., fam. [L'obj. peut désigner un inanimé] Évincer, repousser quelqu'un, quelque chose.

Example sentence(s):

Son petit cousin se présentait au cercle. Il craignait qu'il ne fût blackboulé. La candidature était déjà affichée. Dans ces conditions, il n'osait lui conseiller de la retirer; ... A. France, Le Lys rouge,1894, - Le Lys rouge, A. France, cité par CNRTL
Je vous demanderais d'avance le service de le retirer de la rédaction s' il était blackboulé. (Paul Valéry, Correspondance[avec Gide] - CNRTL
« Si les mères de famille avaient part au vote, le baron risquerait d'être lamentablement blackboulé » (J.-K. Huysmans, 1922). - USITO

Martin Dufresne
Local time: 03:14
Native speaker of:

French

8 hrs confidence:

blacklisté

Definition from Définition Larousse:
Inscrit sur une liste noire ; désigné comme indésirable.

Example sentence(s):

Patrice Laffont vient de dévoiler la vraie raison qui l'avait poussé à blacklister Christian Quesada de son jeu Des chiffres et des lettres. - Many examples
Comment éviter d'être blacklisté par les recruteurs en finance ? - efinancialcareers

Explanation:
Les trois exemples proposés, bien que assez similaires, pourraient être traduits de façon différente. C'est là tout l'arbitraire de ne proposer qu'une seule traduction pour trois cas assez nuancés.
Par exemple, dans le premier cas, on pourrait utiliser "bannie ou exclue" du diocèse... Ce qui serait plus précis dans le contexte.
Dans les cas deux et trois, la traduction par "blacklisté" fonctionne plutôt bien/

Bruno Carlier
France
Local time: 09:14
Native speaker of: French

11 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

écarter

Definition from LAROUSSE:
Évincer quelqu'un, l'exclure : Écarter quelqu'un de la vie politique.

Example sentence(s):

Ma résolution était prise : j'écarterai les chefs incapables, et je les remplacerai par des chefs plus jeunes et plus énergiques (Joffre, Mém.,t. 1, 1931, p. 258). - CNRTL

Sylvie LE BRAS
France
Local time: 09:14
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 4

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